Memories of railroad The railroad crossing between Ozu residence and the elementary school in Matsusaka was a light railway. Light railways are generally small-scale railways that use narrow 762mm tracks, and are characterized by the fact …

Original scenery of family separation In “I Was Born, But….”, a track runs in front of the garden of the main character's family's new home, and the brothers of the family walk along this track every morning to go to the elementary school …

A transfer pupil Ozu Yasujiro repeatedly depicted moving in his films. No other filmmaker has been as obsessed with depicting moving as Ozu. Moving can be said to be one of the core themes of Ozu's films. The theme of moving was taken up a…

Sickly child Wealthy days at a magnificent residence in Fukagawa were suddenly cut short in March 1913 when the entire family moved. The new address was 785 Kaibana, Matsusaka Town, Mie Prefecture (present-day Atago-machi, Matsusaka City).…

Part I: Ozu Yasujiro in his youth Ozu Yasujiro was born in Fukagawa Ward, Tokyo on December 12, 1903, and moved to Matsusaka-Town in Mie Prefecture, where his father Toranosuke was from, in March 1913. He was nine years old. As soon as Ozu…