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• TWO FILMS BY YASUJIR? OZU | Blu Ray | (22/04/2024) from £18.95   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  From his early silent films to his final features in the 1960s, Ozu perfected a style that stripped away unnecessary plot mechanics and camera movement. In doing so, he produced a cinema whose surface simplicity belies character studies of depth, warmth and on occasion, humour. This release features two newly restored films, presented on Blu-ray including a longer and previously unreleased version of There Was a Father. I Was Born, But... (1932, 91 mins): as brothers Ryoichi and Keiji struggle to outwit the local bully and scale the pecking order in their new neighbourhood they find out that injustice does not end with school. Ozu's silent masterpiece prefigures themes from his later, colour classic Good Morning, but with a darker edge. There Was a Father (1942, 93 mins): Shuhei Horikawa sacrifices his teaching career after an unfortunate accident but refuses to sacrifice the education of his only son. Product FeaturesExtras Newly restored and presented in High Definition Newly recorded audio commentaries on both films by writer and film critic Adrian Martin **FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Illustrated booklet with an essay on I Was Born, But... by silent film expert Bryony Dixon, writing on There Was a Father by Tony Rayns, and notes on his score for I Was Born, But... by composer Ed Hughes

• Good Morning | Blu Ray | (17/01/2011) from £15.99   |  Saving you £4.00 (25.02%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A bright Tokyo suburb buzzing with gossip and intrigue is the backdrop to world renowned Japanese director's Yasujir Ozu's outstanding comedy Good Morning. Disillusioned with the seemingly meaningless chatter of the adult world two brothers take a vow of silence when their parents refuse to buy them a television set. With its dexterously woven plot built on mishaps and misunderstandings Good Morning pokes fun at the silliness of everyday adult communication whilst gently acknowledging its fundamental necessity. Available on Blu-ray for the first time. Also contains full length feature I Was Born But... Ozu's superb early comedy as an extra.

• Late Autumn | Blu Ray | (23/05/2011) from £8.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (122.36%)   |  RRP £19.99

  When nostalgia about college days inspires a group of middle-aged men businessmen to match-make for a widow played by Setsuko Hara (Tokyo Story) and her daughter they have no idea of the strife their careless interference will cause. Late Autumn's examination of familial upheaval moves effortlessly from comedy to pathos and is amongst Ozu's finest post-war films. Included here is Ozu's moving silent drama A Mother Should be Loved (1934). Young Sadao struggles to come to terms with the discovery that he is not the son of his father's widow. His fragile acceptance of this is soon disrupted.