Being poor and pure I mentioned earlier that Yuasa-ya, which Toranosuke served as the branch manager, was a wholesaler that handled seafood and fertilizers. However, due to the store being damaged by the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923, the…

There Was a Father Ozu wrote the following in his diary on April 1, 1937. In the spring of 1923, I returned to Tokyo for the first time in 10 years. At that time, my father was still alive. I once had yellow roses arranged on the second fl…

A Story of Floating Weeds On April 2, 1934, his father Toranosuke suddenly passed away. Ozu's diary from that time records Toranosuke's ever-changing state before and after his sudden death. At night, when I started writing continuity, my …

Chapter 4 Father Sensitive and lonely Many documents say that from 1913 to 1923, when Ozu lived in Matsusaka with his family ,mother, younger sister, and younger brother, only his father, Toranosuke, remained in Tokyo as the branch manager…