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...early April, the Harvard Film Archive (HFA) screened the first film in a lengthy retrospective of Ozu’s work, which continues through to the beginning of next month, concluding on May 11 with Ozu’s final work, An Autumn Afternoon. The comprehensive retrospective, dubbed “Yasujiro Ozu: A Centennial Celebration,” includes nearly all of Ozu’s work produced in a roughly 30-year period, including 11 of his early silent films...
...retrospective wasn’t organized by the HFA itself. Rather, it’s a traveling series organized by Shochiku Home Video, the original Japanese distributor of Ozu’s films. Shochiku collected newly-struck 35 mm prints of most the films, many of which have been previously available only on 16 mm. Before coming to Harvard, the retrospective visited the Berlin, Hong Kong and New York Film Festivals, and the EAC Film Archive in Berkeley...
...retrospective screens 36 films in total, more than is usually allotted for each of the retrospectives that the Archive organizes on a roughly monthly schedule. However, HFA Film Programmer Ted Barron explains that it was crucially important for the Archive to show as much of Ozu’s work as possible...
...many films as they hoped. “A retrospective so large brings in a lot of expenses we couldn’t meet,” explains Barron. Rentals of $300 to $600 per film, as well as shipping and promotion costs, added up to more than the HFA could afford...
...April 2, the HFA screened Tokyo Story, Ozu’s best known film, to open the series. The film was introduced by executives from Shochiku, many of whom shared personal anecdotes and memories of Ozu, who died in 1987. Since this first screening, his works have been screened in roughly chronological order, from his silent films about young college students to his later, more lyrical meditations on family and aging...