Six indie rebels resurrect a silent master—what happens when Ozu's ghosts haunt modern Japan?
Season 1 • Episode 6
LatestCommemorating the 120th anniversary of Ozu Yasujiro's birth, six up-and-coming filmmakers remade six of his early silent films as a contemporary mini-series.
Direction
Six distinct voices wrestling with a towering shadow.
Cinematography
Modern lenses reimagining Ozu's sacred low-angle tatami shots.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ozu's 120th birthday spawned this project, but the real tension is between Japanese New Wave iconoclasm and the pressure to honor a national treasure.
The anthology format mirrors Ozu's own early career at Shochiku, where he churned out silent 'program pictures' before becoming the deliberate minimalist we worship today.
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