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DESCRIPTION:<strong>LATE SPRING</strong> \n Fri\,  Jul 9\, 2010\, at 7 PM\n
  Sun\, Jul 11\, 2010\, at 2 PM\n\nDIRECTOR: YASUJIRO OZU\n JAPAN\, 1949\n\
 nThe director&rsquo\;s personal favorite\, LATE SPRING marked the Ozu  deb
 ut of Setsuko Hara\, in the first of many classic pairings with  regular C
 hishu Ryu. Hara plays Noriko\, a loving\, uncommonly  old-fashioned daught
 er who refuses to marry so that she can take care of  her widowed father\,
  Professor Somiya (Ryu). When Somiya begins to worry  that she might grow 
 despondent once he passes away\, he devises a ruse  to incite her to marry
 &mdash\;namely\, pretending to consider remarriage  himself. A film of sub
 tle glances and quiet\, eloquent gestures\, LATE  SPRING contains one of t
 he most indelible images Ozu ever put to screen:  the sight of Ryu in an e
 mpty house\, peeling an apple. &ldquo\;Ozu&rsquo\;s greatest  achievement 
 and\, thus\, one of the ten best films of all time.&rdquo\;&mdash\;Stuart 
  Byron\, The Village Voice.\n\n( 108 min )\n\n<strong>EARLY SUMMER</strong
 > \n Sat\,  Jul 10\, 2010\, at 6 PM\n Sun\, Jul 11\, 2010\, at 4:30 PM\n\n
 DIRECTOR: YASUJIRO OZU\n JAPAN\, 1951\n\nThe Mamiya family is seeking a hu
 sband for their daughter  Noriko\, but she has ideas of her own. Played by
  the extraordinary  Setsuko Hara\, Noriko impulsively chooses her childhoo
 d friend\, at once  fulfilling her family&rsquo\;s desires and tearing the
 m apart. A seemingly  simple story\, EARLY SUMMER is one of Ozu&rsquo\;s m
 ost complex works\, a nuanced  examination of life&rsquo\;s changes across
  three generations.\n\n( 125 min )\n\n<strong>TOKYO STORY</strong> \n Sat\
 ,  Jul 10\, 2010\, at 8:30 PM\n Sun\, Jul 11\, 2010\, at 7 PM\n\nDIRECTOR:
  YASUJIRO OZU\n JAPAN\, 1953\n\nOzu&rsquo\;s sad\, simple story is regular
 ly included in international  critics&rsquo\; top ten polls and remains hi
 s acknowledged masterpiece.  Examining the widening gap between Japan&rsqu
 o\;s generations\, Ozu tells the  story of an older couple&rsquo\;s visit 
 to the city to see their children\, who\,  absorbed with their own lives\,
  treat them with indifference and  ingratitude. Only their daughter-in-law
 \, widowed in the war\, is happy to  see them. &ldquo\;One of the greatest
  of all Japanese pictures. Ozu&rsquo\;s style\,  now completely refined\, 
 utterly economical\, creates a film which is  unforgettable because it is 
 so right\, so true\, and because it demands so  much from its audience.&rd
 quo\;&mdash\;Donald Ritchie.\n\n( 134 min )\n\nNW Film Center\n 1219 SW Pa
 rk Avenue\, Portland\n <a href="http://www.nwfilm.org/screenings/26/266/#1
 649">www.nwfilm.org</a>
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SUMMARY:Film Showings: Yasujiro Ozu Trilogy
URL:/en/events/2010/07/09/film-showings-yasujiro-ozu-trilogy/
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