The Student Comedies:

"The Student Comedies" consist of four incredibly rare films by the acclaimed Japanese director Yasujirô Ozu. This lovingly restored collection is part of the BFI's ongoing venture to release all 32 of the surviving films he made for the Shochiku Studio. This 2-disc box set finally br...

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Beteilige Person: Hughes, Ed (KomponistIn)
Weitere beteiligte Personen: Ozu, Yasujiro (RegisseurIn), Mohara, Hideo (Kameramann/frau), Kuribayashi, Minoru (Kameramann/frau), Yuki, Ichiro (SchauspielerIn), Saito, Tatsuo (SchauspielerIn), Okada, Tokihiko (SchauspielerIn), Egawa, Ureo (SchauspielerIn)
Format: Video Software
Sprache:Japanisch
Veröffentlicht: London BFI [2011]
Schriftenreihe:The Ozu Collection
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Zusammenfassung:"The Student Comedies" consist of four incredibly rare films by the acclaimed Japanese director Yasujirô Ozu. This lovingly restored collection is part of the BFI's ongoing venture to release all 32 of the surviving films he made for the Shochiku Studio. This 2-disc box set finally brings Ozu's student-themed silent comedies to DVD for the first time - including a newly commissioned score by composer Ed Hughes. The first of these short films is "Days of Youth", the earliest surviving Ozu film from 1929. It's a lighthearted love story which follows two students who unknowingly compete for the affections of the same girl, and is by far the most whimsical of the four films. However, despite it's lighter tone there remains a trace of the sadness and melancholy which would later become the driving force of Ozu's later, more recognisable films, with neither of these bachelors winning the girl - one because he's too shy, the other because he's uncontrollably brash. "I Flunked, But ..." is next, and is the story of a student attempting to find the easiest way to pass his exams without having to do any revision. Whilst the film's narrative of inventive ways to cheat is played out incredibly playfully, its ending, where this roguish student can't find a job shows the type of social criticism Ozu would become famous for exploring. The collections final two films, "The Lady and the Beard" and "Where Now are the Dreams of Youth?" continue this trend of showcasing working class issues through gentle comedy, slapstick and physical comedy - a style more commonly associated with Hollywood than the theatrically-influenced Kabuki and Shimpa approach most often used In Japan at the time. [www.cine-vue.com]
Umfang:2 DVD-Videos (316 Min.) schwarz-weiß