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context: movies > directors
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Tokyo Story |
Yasujiro Ozu, 1903-1963
He is often called the most Japanese of filmmakers, and a zen director
Zen?
Experimental?
He learned from a number of Western directors: Bordwell demonstrates various debts Ozu owed to Chaplin and Lubitsch, about which Ozu was open, and Harold Lloyd, who he didn't mention but clearly references - Lloyd was a huge success in Japan.