Hou Hsiao-hsien to direct Ozu homage

[Mark Nornes]

A story from our friend Mark:

Hou Hsiao Hsien to direct Ozu homage

Mark Schilling in Tokyo
17 June 2003 04:05

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Japan's Yasujiro 
Ozu, Taiwanese auteur Hou Hsiao Hsien ( City Of Sadness, The Flowers Of 
Shanghai, Millennium Mambo ) will direct a feature-length Ozu homage.

Shochiku, the studio where Ozu spent his entire career, will head the 
film?s production consortium.

During a recent trip to Tokyo Hou announced that he intends to complete 
a script by the end of June, assemble an all-Japanese cast by the end 
of July and shoot on location in Tokyo and Yubari in August and 
September.

The Tokyo premiere is scheduled for December 12 - Ozu?s birthday. 
Shochiku plans to release the film in Japan next year and submit it to 
the 2004 Cannes Film Festival,

Still untitled, the film will focus on Ozu?s favourite theme - the 
family - while featuring a romance between a Setsuko-Hara-like heroine 
and the manager of a used bookstore.

Hou?s own films, including his 1985 international breakout, The Time To 
Live And The Time To Die , have often been compared with Ozu?s. Hou has 
acknowledged the debt and, when he was approached about making an Ozu 
tribute omnibus, together with such Ozu fans as Wim Wenders and Aki 
Kaurismaki, he said that he preferred to make an entire feature in the 
Ozu style. 
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