Life and work
Yasujirō Ozu was a Japanese film director, screenwriter. Born: 12 December 1903. Died: 12 December 1963. Citizenship recorded in the biographical source: Japan.
Director · Writer/Creator · 1903–1963
Yasujirō Ozu
Yasujirō Ozu was a Japanese film director, screenwriter. Born on 12 December 1903, this profile follows Yasujirō Ozu through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Tokyo Story (1953). The location trail reaches Ginza, Sensō-ji and Shinjuku Station, with existing stories in Tokyo. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
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Tokyo Story · Ginza
Yasujirō Ozu is credited as director and writer on Tokyo Story. The work’s existing location story leads to Ginza. Ginza is retained as city orientation only; the current citation does not establish a title-specific event at this address.
THE PLACES BEHIND THE STORY
A life on the map.
Explore 5 connections. Each connection links to its evidence; outlined circles mark approximate areas, not exact buildings or camera positions.
Ginza ↗︎
Tokyo Story — Ginza
Ginza is retained as city orientation only; the current citation does not establish a title-specific event at this address.
Ginza 4-chome, Chuo City, Tokyo
Open street map ↗︎Sensō-ji ↗︎
Tokyo Story — Sensō-ji
Sensō-ji is retained as city orientation only; the current citation does not establish a title-specific event at this address.
2-3-1 Asakusa, Taito City, Tokyo
Open street map ↗︎Yoyogi Park ↗︎
Tokyo Story — Yoyogi Park
Yoyogi Park is retained as city orientation only; the current citation does not establish a title-specific event at this address.
2-1 Yoyogikamizonocho, Shibuya, Tokyo
Open street map ↗︎Tsukiji Outer Market ↗︎
Tokyo Story — Tsukiji Outer Market
Tsukiji Outer Market is retained as city orientation only; the current citation does not establish a title-specific event at this address.
4 Chome-16-2 Tsukiji, Chuo City, Tokyo
Open street map ↗︎Shinjuku Station ↗︎
Tokyo Story — Shinjuku Station
Shinjuku Station is retained as city orientation only; the current citation does not establish a title-specific event at this address.
3 Chome-38-1 Shinjuku, Tokyo
Open street map ↗︎IN THE STORY1903-12-12 1963-12-12
Born 12 December 1903
Died 12 December 1963
Explore a shared connection.
WORKS
Culture, connected.
Follow the work through its real places.
Tokyo Story ↗︎
Tokyo Story
KEEP EXPLORING
Cities and Worlds.
Tokyo ↗︎
Hotel windows, crossings, record districts and late-night counters. Discover Tokyo through rhythm rather than postcard shorthand.
Tokyo Story ↗︎
Pillow: cut through the empty shots Ozu uses instead of the journey (lantern, railway, chimneys, seawall, castle), each a real place today with its timecode; then send Noriko’s train past Kyōko’s classroom window.