Tokyo Story review – Yasujiro Ozu’s exquisite family tale stands the test of time
An elderly couple visit their grownup children in this stunning work of art from 1953, now re-released for its 70th anniversary
March 2021
The stage on screen
An Actor's Revenge: Kon Ichikawa's phenomenal kabuki thriller
In this stylish Japanese classic, a performer uses theatrical techniques to engineer the deaths of his enemies
May 2020
The Flavour of Green Tea Over Rice review – Ozu's bittersweet triumph
This portrait of married middle age is deliciously flavoured with mystery and melancholy
April 2020
Need zing in your Zoom? Let Warhol and the avant-garde vamp up your video conferences
It’s hard to make much of a mark in the strange, static world of video-conferencing. But we could all learn a trick or two from famous arthouse film-makers, from Jim Jarmusch to Andy Warhol
May 2019
Machiko Kyo obituary
Actor who played the wife of a samurai warrior in Rashomon, one of the great classics of Japanese cinema
March 2018
My favourite film decade
From The Naked City to Double Indemnity – why the 1940s is my favourite film decade
War changed everything, destroying whole film industries and heralding a new era of realism, grit and shoots on location
November 2015
Tokyo Story's Setsuko Hara dies at 95
Setsuko Hara obituary
May 2014
An Autumn Afternoon review – Ozu's exquisitely tender final film
Yasujiro Ozu's last film, now rereleased, is superbly composed family drama about a father and daughter both intent on sacrificing their own happiness for each other, writes Peter Bradshaw
October 2013
Film blog
Top 10 arthouse movies
Elitist and pretentious, or an endangered species? Whatever your feelings, there's no doubt that arthouse movies are among the finest ever made. Here the Guardian and Observer critics pick the 10 best
June 2012
Kaneto Shindo – master of Japanese cinema
The writer and director died last month aged 100. As a BFI retrospective celebrates his career, Emilie Bickerton salutes a life's work made in the shadow of Hiroshima
February 2012
Yasujirō Ozu's The Student Comedies: watch an exclusive clip - video
An excerpt from Where Now the Dreams of Youth?, one of Yasujirō Ozu's silent Student Comedies, which are being released on DVD for the first time
January 2012
Noriko Smiling by Adam Mars-Jones – review
Adam Mars-Jones's essay on Japanese film director Yasujiro Ozu goes a long way to demystifying a master, writes Leo Robson
October 2010
The 25 best arthouse films of all time
Tokyo Story: No 4 best arthouse film of all time
Yasujiro Ozu, 1953
June 2010
Film blog
The heart-wrenching performance of Setsuko Hara, Ozu's quiet muse
Peter Bradshaw: Hara, who turns 90 tomorrow, enigmatically walked away from films in 1963 – but her subtle power in Tokyo Story remains undiminished
January 2010
Late Autumn
This touching, bittersweet comedy by Yasujiro Ozu is a masterpiece, writes Philip French
Late Autumn
This masterpiece from Japanese auteur Yasujiro Ozu is as subtle and exquisite as anything he ever made, writes Peter Bradshaw
As Yasujiro Ozu reaches Late Autumn he's become master of slow cinema
Still Walking
Ozu v Avatar – this really is what cinema has come down to
