[KineJapan] New Film: THE OZU DIARIES (Oscar-nominated director Daniel Raim) - now available for Campus Screenings

[William C. Thompson]

For those in the NEw York area, *The Ozu Diaries* will be screened at the
Museum of Modern Art on Sunday, January 18, 2026, at 3:30 PM as part of its
To Save and Project: The 22nd MoMA International Festival of Film
Preservation series.  An Autumn Afternoon will also be presented
that evening at 7:00 pm in a new 2K restoration.

https://www.moma.org/calendar/events/11121
and
https://www.moma.org/calendar/events/11122

Happy Holidays to all!

Bill Thompson
wct1 at columbia.edu

On Mon, Dec 22, 2025 at 12:33 PM Markus Nornes via KineJapan <
kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote:

> Here are a few comments on The Ozu Diaries on NHK's JFlix. There was no
> time for anything interesting to say, so this is mainly interesting to get
> a flavor of the film and see the diaries. https: //www3. nhk. or.
> jp/nhkworld/en/shows/2036089/
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> Here are a few comments on *The Ozu Diaries* on NHK's JFlix. There was no
> time for anything interesting to say, so this is mainly interesting to get
> a flavor of the film and see the diaries.
>  https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/shows/2036089/
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> The current JFlix is also out, with my bit on Naruse. Both shows feature
> Alex talking about a new slate of films. And there's also an interview with
> Ichiyama Shozo about TIFF.
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>  https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/shows/2036090/
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> On Thu, Nov 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM Markus Nornes <nornes at umich.edu> wrote:
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>> But I apologize if my earlier posts sounded unkind and dismissive.
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>> It wasn’t!
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>> While we’re on this, I thought I would remind people that one of the
>> first people to address Ozu’s wartime work was Peter High. He contributed
>> an article to the Kinema Club book *In Praise of Film Studies* that
>> analyzes an Ozu script for a *kokusaku* film to be shot in SE Asia. It’s
>> very interesting, especially because he translates all the key passages in
>> the story. If you haven’t read it, please check it out.
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>> Publications
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