<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">I just went to this as well. <div><br></div><div>It is a really fantastic exhibition and any Ozu fans should definitely make the trek to Yokohama. </div><div><br></div><div>While there is quite a bit of PR material that is available at any library, at least half the objects are letters, postcards, and photographs. The letters are accompanied by katsuji labels so you can actually read them—the cursive brush or micro-characters make it tough going if you want to read the handwriting. </div><div><br></div><div>Some of the things that struck me:</div><div><ul><li>Storyboards of his silent films show how completely self-conscious he was about composition. I mean, it's clear from the films themselves; however, to see how intricate the preplaning was was really impressive.</li><li>The exhibition did not shy away from his wartime experiences. Indeed, that section was one of the highlights of the exhibition. Moreover, they didn't pull the punches. A large poster had a quote from Ozu's diary, which went something like this: "We walked down a road toward the front and came upon the bodies of both civilian men and enemy soldiers. A baby was sitting in the middle of the road, with some stale bread around him. It was unclear if one of the bodies was his father. We were marching in 4 columns, and with complicated feelings the line of soldiers split into two, passing the crying infant on either side. The landscape in the background was an endless field of rapeseed flowers swaying in the wind. It was unbearably cinematic, but everyone tried not to look."</li><li>Another striking aspect of this section was Ozu's enthusiasm for the war project. It's common knowledge that Ozu was in Singapore at the end of the war, but the critical focus has always been on the way it gave him a chance to watch American films (realizing they'd lose the war when he saw Fantasia, etc.). But he was a real flag waver; his job there was the preproduction on major kokusaku propaganda films. One project was <i>Burma</i><i> Military Operation</i> (<i>Biruma sakusen</i>), which was to be shot on location. The other was <i>To Delhi, To Delhi </i>(Deri e, Deri e). They also displayed various magazine clippings that showed how the media made a huge deal of Ozu joining the military. It was strikingly similar to the press for Hollywood stars joining the military. Finally, they had two hand towels that Ozu signed and designed toward the end of the war, and they were rather shocking. One was a Japanese tank going over barbed wire. The other had a drawing of what looked like the outer walls at Nanking and a couple Japanese soldiers with the flag waving above. Ozu brushed 皇風万里 ("Thousands of Miles Under the Benevolent Rule of the Emperor"). </li><li>Personal copies of scripts showed how he drew lines between utterances on the page to split each actor's line into single shots. Fascinating.</li><li>Various paintings and pottery that he loved and used in multiple films.</li><li>Personal effects, clothing, desk, etc.——I was delighted to see he had glasses virtually identical to my new specs!</li><li>A handful of the diaries opened to specific pages. I've always been struck by the brevity of the entries in the published diaries. Well, the diaries themselves are the size of business cards! </li><li>Okada Mariko will be appearing next week to talk about her appearances in Ozu's last films.</li></ul><div>It was wonderful, and will be ending soon. Run!</div></div><div><br></div><div>Markus</div><div><br></div><div>PS: As Lorenzo noted, all the labels are in Japanese. However, the entrance has a handout that translates the big text introducing each section of the exhibit. </div><div><br></div><div>PPS: There is a FANTASTIC catalog for this exhibit. Tons of photos that give a good sense for what it is like.</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">--- </span></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small"><font face="courier new, monospace" color="#274e13"><b><img width="55" height="96" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4wpadRRhHYSz0N5UbUflm2YEIclCcg0bTCCBEh81fkJ8isCMwomHpMoky49pEF7xzc4MTMR-PM"><br></b></font></div><div style="font-size:small"><font face="courier new, monospace" color="#274e13"><b>Markus Nornes</b></font></div><div style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:"courier new",monospace"><font color="#38761d"><b>Professor of Asian Cinema</b></font></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><font size="1" color="#38761d"><font face="courier new, monospace">Department of Film, Television and Media</font><span style="font-family:"courier new",monospace">, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, Penny Stamps </span><span style="font-family:"courier new",monospace">School of Art & Design</span></font></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> </blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b><u><span style="background-color:rgb(182,215,168)">Homepage: <a href="http://www-personal.umich.edu/~nornes/" target="_blank"><font color="#ffffff">http://www-personal.umich.edu/~nornes/</font></a></span><font color="#6aa84f"><br></font></u></b></font><font face="courier new, monospace" size="1" color="#93c47d"><b>Department of Film, Television and Media<br></b></font><font face="courier new, monospace" size="1" color="#93c47d"><b>6348 North Quad<br></b></font><font face="courier new, monospace" size="1" color="#93c47d"><b>105 S. State Street<br></b></font><font face="courier new, monospace" size="1" color="#93c47d"><b>Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285</b></font></blockquote></blockquote><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Apr 5, 2023 at 10:58 AM Lorenzo Javier Torres Hortelano via KineJapan <<a href="mailto:kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>
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<a href="https://www.kanabun.or.jp/exhibition/17721/" target="_blank">https://www.kanabun.or.jp/exhibition/17721/</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In general I am not a fan of memorabilia, but this is a very profuse and well-organized exhibition, with some photos that I had not seen, for example, several with his mother.
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<p class="MsoNormal">The only downside is that the explanatory posters were only in Japanese —my fault…. I wonder that perhaps, in Japan, they still think of Ozu as someone who can only be liked by the Japanese...</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best wishes,</p>
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