Rent Yasujiro Ozu: The Student Comedies (1932)
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5h 16min
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Master Japanese director Yasujiro Ozu is revered for his unique and poetic style. This 2-disc set brings together all of his surviving early student-genre comedies for the first time.
Days of Youth (Wakaki Hi) 1929
Ozu's earliest surviving film follows students Watanabe and Yamamoto as they unknowingly compete for the same girl.
I Flunked, But ... (Rakudai Wa Shita Keredo) 1930
Takahashi finds a creative way to avoid doing his revision in this roguish comedy reminiscent of Harold Lloyd's The Freshman.
The Lady and the Beard (Shukujo To Hige) 1931Graduate Okajima finds his old-fashioned beard makes life difficult in a comedy exploring the tension between tradition and modernity.
Where Now are the Dreams of Youth? (Seishun No Yume Ima Izuko) 1932
Ozu's long-term collaborator Kogo Noda scripts a subtle shift from light to dark as Hirano's carefree college life is marred by tragedy.- Actors:
- Ichirô Yûki, Tatsuo Saitô, Tokihiko Okada, Ureo Egawa, Jiro Shirota, Junko Matsui, Shin'ichi Himori, Chishû Ryû, Chôko Iida, Takeshi Sakamoto, Nobuko Wakaba, Hisao Yoshitani, Kaoru Futaba, Kinuyo Tanaka, Tomio Aoki, Hiroshi Mikura, Ichirô Okuni, Goro Yokoyama, Hiroo Wakabayashi, Hiroko Kawasaki
- Directors:
- Yasujirô Ozu
- Writers:
- Akira Fushimi, Yasujirô Ozu, Komatsu Kitamura, Kôgo Noda, Hiroshi Shimizu
- Aka:
- Wakaki Hi / Rakudai Wa Shita Keredo / Shukujo To Hige / Seishun No Yume Ima Izuko
- Studio:
- BFI Video
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy, Romance
- Collections:
- The Instant Expert's Guide, The Instant Expert's Guide to Yasujiro Ozu
- Countries:
- Japan
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