Text size: A A A
About the BFI
Strategy and policy
Press releases and media enquiries
Jobs and opportunities
Join and support
Become a Member
Become a Patron
Using your BFI Membership
Corporate support
Trusts and foundations
Make a donation
Watch films on BFI Player
Tickets
BFI Southbank tickets
BFI Shop
Watch and discover
In this section
Watch at home on BFI Player
What’s on at BFI Southbank
What’s on at BFI IMAX
BFI National Archive
Explore our festivals
BFI film releases
Read features and reviews
Read film comment from Sight & Sound
I want to…
Watch films online
Browse BFI Southbank seasons
Book a film for my cinema
Find out about international touring programmes
Learning and training
BFI Film Academy: opportunities for young creatives
Get funding to progress my creative career
Find resources and events for teachers
Join events and activities for families
BFI Reuben Library
Search the BFI National Archive collections
Browse our education events
Use film and TV in my classroom
Read research data and market intelligence
Funding and industry
Get funding and support
Search for projects funded by National Lottery
Apply for British certification and tax relief
Industry data and insights
Inclusion in the film industry
Find projects backed by the BFI
Get help as a new filmmaker and find out about NETWORK
Read industry research and statistics
Find out about booking film programmes internationally
Find us
Born: 8 December 1924, TokyoDied: 11 April 2004
Sanma no aji
Ozu’s final film colourfully and emotionally revisits the themes of Late Spring.
Tokyo Story
The final part of Yasujiro Ozu’s loosely connected ‘Noriko’ trilogy is a devastating story of elderly grandparents brushed aside by their self-involved family.
1962
Music
1960
AKIBIYORI
1959
UKIGUSA
1958
HIGANBANA
1957
TOKYO BOSHOKU
1956
SOSHUN
1955
Chibusa yo eien nare
TSUKI WA NOBORINU
1953
Latest news, features and opinion.
More information
Film lists and highlights from BFI Player.
Reviews, interviews and features from the international film magazine.
Back to the top