The Life of Oharu (Saikaku ichidai onna) first published by Movie Gazette, 26 Feb, 2004 Kenji Mizoguchi made more than 85 films from 1922 until his death in 1956, and although many of these are now forever lost or destroyed, he was, along with Yasujiro Ozu, the most admired Japanese director of his generation. He…
Early Summer first published by Little White Lies As surely as one season leads to the next, Yasujiro Ozu’s Early Summer begins more or less where his earlier Late Spring ended, with an image of waves washing against the beach near Kamakura – and that is not the only continuity between the two films. For both star Setsuko Hara as…