Japanese Movie Director (4): Ozu Yasujiro

Yasujiro Ozu (1903 - 1963)

Yasujiro Ozu is one of the most internationally well-known Japanese movie directors, so well-known that rather detailed information may be acquired through IMDB, Wikipedia and so on. There is little left for me to add.

(Filmography)
The filmography provides the items "Production year", "Japanese title", "English title", "Survival Status" (whether or not negative or positive exists), and DVD/Blu-ray availability. Titles of the movies ranked in Top_10 are in bold font.
(Note) Some of the available DVD/Blu-ray titles are out of stock. Never fail to check region codes and format (NTSC or PAL) of the disc and your player, before purchasing DVD/Blu-ray discs.

1927 Zange no yaiba (Blade of Penitence)
     Survival Status: Lost
1928 Wakodo no yume (Dreams of Youth)
     Survival Status: Lost
1928 Nyobo funshitsu (Wife Lost)
     Survival Status: Lost
1928 Kabocha (Pumpkin)
     Survival Status: Lost
1928 Hikkoshi fufu (A Couple on the Move)
     Survival Status: Lost
1928 Nikutaibi (Body Beautiful)
     Survival Status: Lost
1929 Takara no yama (Treasure Mountain)
     Survival Status: Lost
1929 Wakaki hi (Days of Youth)
     Survival Status: Exist
     DVD/Blu-ray availability: Japanese,UK
1929 Wasei kenka tomodachi (Fighting Friends)
     Survival Status: Incomplete (abridged version: 1/5 of the original in length)
     DVD/Blu-ray availability: Japanese
1929 Daigaku wa deta keredo (I Graduated But...)
     Survival Status: Incomplete (abridged version: 1/7 of the original in length)
     DVD/Blu-ray availability: Japanese
1929 Kaishain seikatsu (The Life of an Office Worker)
     Survival Status: Lost
1930 Tokkan kozo (A Straightforward Boy) Exist
     Survival Status: Incomplete (abridged version: 1/2 of the original in length)(*1)
     DVD/Blu-ray availability: Japanese
1930 Kekkongaku nyumon (Introduction to Marriage)
     Survival Status: Lost
1930 Hogaraka ni ayume (Walk Cheerfully)
     Survival Status: Exist
     DVD/Blu-ray availability:  Japanese, USA, UK
1930 Rakudai wa shita keredo (I Flunked But..)
     Survival Status: Exist
     DVD/Blu-ray availability:  Japanese, USA, UK, and more
1930 Sono yo no tsuma (That Night's Wife)
     Survival Status: Exist
     DVD/Blu-ray availability: Japanese, UK
1930 Erogami no onryo (The Revengeful Spirit of Eros)
     Survival Status: Lost   
1930 Ashi ni sawatta koun (Lost Luck/Luck Touched My Legs)
     Survival Status: Lost
1930 Ojosan (Young Miss)
     Survival Status: Lost
1931 Shukujo to hige (The Lady and Her Favorite/The Lady and the Beard) 
     Survival Status: Exist
     DVD/Blu-ray availability:  Japanese, UK
1931 Bijin aishu (Beauty's Sorrows)
     Survival Status: Lost
1931 Tokyo no korasu (Tokyo Chorus)
     Survival Status: Exist
     DVD/Blu-ray availability: Japanese, USA
1932 Haru wa gofujin kara (Spring Comes from the Ladies)
     Survival Status: Lost           
1932 Umarete wa mita keredo (I Was Born, But...)
     Survival Status: Exist
     DVD/Blu-ray availability:  Japanese, USA, UK, and more
1932 Seishun no yume imaizuko (Where Are the Dreams of Youth?)
     Survival Status: Exist
     DVD/Blu-ray availability: Japanese, UK
1932 Mata au hi made (Until the Day We Meet Again)
     Survival Status: Lost
1933 Tokyo no onna (Woman of Tokyo)
     Survival Status: Exist
     DVD/Blu-ray availability: Japanese, UK
1935 Hijosen no onna (Dragnet Girl)
     Survival Status: Exist
     DVD/Blu-ray availability: Japanese, USA, UK
1933 Dekigokoro (Passing Fancy)
     Survival Status: Exist
     DVD/Blu-ray availability: Japanese, USA
1934 Haha wo kowazuya (A Mother Should Be Loved)
     Survival Status: Incomplete (originally 9 reels, with the first and last reels lost)
     DVD/Blu-ray availability: Japanese
1934 Ukikusa monogatari (A Story of Floating Weeds)
     Survival Status: Exist
     DVD/Blu-ray availability: Japanese, USA
1935 Hakoiri musume (An Innocent Maid/The Young Virgin)
     Survival Status: Lost
1935 Kikugoro no kagamijishi/Kagamijishi (Kikugoro in kagamijishi)
     Survival Status: Exist
     DVD/Blu-ray availability: Japanese
1935 Tokyo no yado (An Inn in Tokyo)
     Survival Status: Exist
     DVD/Blu-ray availability: Japanese
1936 Daigaku yoitoko (College Is a Nice Place/Tokyo Is a Nice Place)   
     Survival Status: Exist
     DVD/Blu-ray availability: Japanese
1936 Hitori musuko (The Only Son)
     Survival Status: Exist
     DVD/Blu-ray availability: Japanese, USA, UK
1937 Shukujo wa nani o wasureta ka (What Did the Lady Forget? )
     Survival Status: Exist (*2)
     DVD/Blu-ray availability: Japanese, UK
1941 Todake no kyodai (The Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family)   
     Survival Status: Exist
     DVD/Blu-ray availability: Japanese, UK
1942 Chichi ariki (There Was a Father)
     Survival Status: Exist
     DVD/Blu-ray availability: Japanese, USA, UK
1947 Nagaya shinshiroku (The Record of a Tenement Gentleman)
     Survival Status: Exist
     DVD/Blu-ray availability: Japanese, USA
1948 Kaze no naka no mendori (A Hen in the Wind)
     Survival Status: Exist
     DVD/Blu-ray availability: Japanese, UK
1949 Banshun (Late Spring)
     Survival Status: Exist
     DVD/Blu-ray availability: Japanese, USA, UK, and more
1950 Munekata kyoudai (The Munekata Sisters)    
     Survival Status: Exist
     DVD/Blu-ray availability: Japanese
1951 Bakushu (Early Summer)
     Survival Status: Exist
     DVD/Blu-ray availability: Japanese, USA, UK, and more
1952 Ochazuke no aji (Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice)
     Survival Status: Exist
     DVD/Blu-ray availability: Japanese
1953 Tokyo monogatari (Tokyo Story)
     Survival Status: Exist
     DVD/Blu-ray availability: Japanese, USA, UK, and more
1956 Soshun (Early Spring)
     Survival Status: Exist
     DVD/Blu-ray availability: Japanese, USA, UK, and more
1957 Tokyo boshoku (Tokyo Twilight/Twilight in Tokyo)
     Survival Status: Exist
     DVD/Blu-ray availability: Japanese, USA, UK, and more
1958 Higanbana (Equinox Flower)
     Survival Status: Exist
     DVD/Blu-ray availability: Japanese, USA, UK, and more
1959 Ohayo (Good Morning) (Bonjour)
     Survival Status: Exist
     DVD/Blu-ray availability: Japanese, USA, UK, and more
1959 Ukigusa (Drifting Weeds/Floating Weeds)
     Survival Status: Exist
     DVD/Blu-ray availability: Japanese, USA, UK, and more
1960 Akibiyori (Late Autumn)
     Survival Status: Exist
     DVD/Blu-ray availability: Japanese, USA, and more
1961 Kohayagawa-ke no aki (Autumn for the Kohayagawa Family/Early Autumn/The End of Summer)
     Survival Status: Exist
     DVD/Blu-ray availability: Japanese, USA, UK, and more
1962 Sanma no aji (An Autumn Afternoon)
     Survival Status: Exist
     DVD/Blu-ray availability: Japanese, USA, UK, and more

(Note) Many of the titles (in particular, titles of prewar era) are available only in Japanese DVD BOX-sets.

(*1) In 1988, an incomplete 9.5 mm print of an abridged version of this film was found. In 2015, another material of this film was found, which includes the lacking portion of the incomplete abridged version. These materials were merged into a nearly complete abridged version in 2016. The version currently available on Japanese DVD is the incomplete one. 
(*2) The currently available version is shorter than the original by 2 or 3 minutes. In middle 1980s, a version of this film including the portions which the currently available version lacks was broadcasted on a Japanese local TV channel. The print of the another version was probably a private collection item. I had expected, in vain, that the "complete" version would be screened, every time Ozu Retrospective was held on a large scale. The  privately-owned print might have been already deteriorated.