- World Premiere
Supported Program < Housen Cultural Foundation: Support for film study and production >
OZU
小津
Director: ZON Pilone (ゾン・ピロン)
2020｜Japan｜71min｜Language: Japanese｜Subtitles: English
| Date | Time | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 3/9 Tue | 13:20 | ABC Hall |
- Cast
- MORISHIMA Yuki (森島由季)
NAKAMURA Ai (中村愛)
MIZUKAMI Ryushi (水上竜士)
SHINOMIYA Masaru (篠宮將)
YOSHINAGA Shinya (吉永真也) - Synopsis
Director ZON Pilone returns to Osaka to treat us to a third Yasujiro Ozu-inspired film. Stylistically a far cry from the hyper-kinetic, super-surreal “SADAO” and its almost equally experimental sequel “setsuko”, “OZU” is more linear and focussed but just as meta-textual as its predecessors as ZON picks out plot points and characters from Ozu’s works – including “Tokyo Twilight” and “A Hen in the Wind” – and reinterprets them in a modern setting and in a style reminiscent of the master director.
Taking after the story for “Tokyo Twilight”, the film forms itself around the travails of a father and his two daughters. Noriko, the eldest, is struggling with a marriage to a violent and uncaring husband while Akiko, the youngest, finds out that she is pregnant but unwanted by the child’s father. Fun times do not follow...
[Jason MAHER]
Director ZON Pilone (ゾン・ピロン)