OZU (and Mizoguchi)?

[Michael Kerpan]

On Friday 09 November 2001 01:09, Richard Stevens 
<richard.stevens4 at btopenworld.com> wrote:

> Tell, Is there anyone here who is an avid fan of Yashijiro Ozu, There don't
> seem to many DVD's of his out yet, apart from Good Moring on Crriterion in
> the US.  Is there anyone to lobby or approach on trying to get his title
> releases at all?

There is a Yahoo Group devoted specifically to Ozu:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ozu/messages

(Not that Ozu _can't_ be discussed here).

As I reported a couple of weeks back, Tokyo Story and Autumn Afternoon have 
been released as French-subtitled Region 2 DVDs.  It's remotely possible 
(though not probable) that these DVDs will also have English subtitles.  My 
shipment seems to have sunk in the Atlantic, but I will report further 
details when (or if) I ever actually see these DVDs.

Also, the same French company (Fravidis) has released a DVD of Mizoguchi's 
Ugetsu.

No one has heard anything about any other American (or ANY British) releases. 
Similarly, no word of Japanese releases by Shochiku.  I did see mention of 
possible DVD releases by Matsuda of the Ozu (and other, including Mizoguchi) 
releases they currently have available on video (with benshi accompaniment) 
-- but no dates were mentioned.

Michael Kerpan
Boston, MA