Greying widower Shuhei Hirayama (Chishu Ryu) divides his ritualistic life between drinking sessions with the same old friends and home, where he is tended to by daughter Michiko (Shima Iwashita). A ...

In the six films that Setsuko Hara and Chishu Ryu made together under the auspices of Japanese master Yasujiro Ozu, starting with the classic Late Spring and culminating in the heartbreaking Tokyo ...

This is a Blu-ray upgrade to the Criterion Collection's 2006 release, with a new high-def transfer and the same wealth of extras (including Wim Wenders' feature-length Ozu tribute documentary, 1985's ...

This rarely screened, melancholy 1957 film, Ozu’s last in black and white, is one of his best. Two sisters whose mother has left the family years earlier live with their businessman father, portrayed ...

Director Yasujiro Ozu's final film, and a rare outing in color for him, continues his quietly observed explorations of family dynamics in postwar Japan. Frequent Ozu star Chishu Ryu plays Shuhei ...

Several new movies are coming to theaters this weekend, including Companion, Dog Man, and one of the nominees for the Best Picture Oscar, I'm Still Here. What's New on Netflix Canada February 2025 - ...

Japanese movies tend to portray Japanese dads as male chauvinists who never step into the kitchen if they can help it and have little interest in raising their kids. Consider Yasujiro Ozu's timeless ...

This wartime drama by Yasujiro Ozu, from 1942, spanning about fifteen years in the saga of a fractured family, places private life in the crosswinds of political history and social norms. The widower ...

Yasujiro Ozu's final film, re-released in a restored version, is a stately, slow-burning but very moving family drama. Chishu Ryu plays Hirayama, an elderly widower with an adult son and daughter who ...

Three new movies debuted at the top of the box office this long weekend. Find out which new films were the most popular with fans and which ones stayed. Whether you want a romance, a thriller, a ...