I Lived, But...

Ikite wa mita keredo...

Japan

1983

123 Min

Color, Black and White

Japanese

Currently 4.0/5 Stars.
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CAST Ineko Arima, Chikage Awashima, Shôhei Imamura, Tatsuya Jô, Kashiko Kawakita, Keisuke Kinoshita, Keiko Kishi, Mariko Okada, Donald Richie, Chishû Ryû, Tadao Sato, Kaneto Shindô, Haruko Sugimura

An extremely lovely tribute to Ozu, on the 20th anniversary of his death. It uses a combination of footage from vintage films and new material (both interviews and Ozu-related locations) shot by Ozu’s long-time camera-man (who came out of retirement to work on this). Surprisingly (or perhaps not), it focuses less on Ozu’s accomplishments as a film-maker than on his impact on the lives of the people he worked with. One of the best films of this type I’ve ever seen. –Michael Kerpan

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Jack Lehtonen

19Jan12

Really, really loved this. My favorite documentary about a filmmaker I've yet seen. I guess the truest measurement of its success is that I feel it actually gave me insight into Ozu and his craft.