Ozu, Yasujiro; Noda, Kogo (13 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition.

Condition: Good. Signs of wear and consistent use.

Shooting Script for the 2003 television movie, a remake of Yasujiro Ozu's 1962 film directed by Jozo Nagayama as a New Year's Special, intended to commemorate director Yasuijro Ozu's 100th birthday. With annotations in manuscript pencil throughout. An aging widower arranges a marriage for his only daughter. Screenwriter Yasujiro Ozu's farewell to his mother, whom he had cared for for his entire life, with the title drawn from a poem he wrote upon returning from her funeral. Ozu became ill shortly thereafter and die at aged 60 in 1963 from cancer. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present. 73 leaves, with last page of text numbered 120. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus with manuscript ink notation on rear, title on spine.

Vintage borderless reference photograph of Shima Iwashita from the 1962 Japanese film. With the stamps of Tele-Magazine and manuscript pencil and ink annotations regarding layout on the verso. An aging widower arranges a marriage for his only daughter. Director Yasujiro Ozu's final film, a farewell to his mother, whom he had lived with and cared for his entire life, with the title drawn from a poem he wrote upon returning from her funeral. Ozu became ill shortly thereafter and died from cancer at age 60 in 1963. 9.75 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall.

Draft script for the 1959 Japanese film. Text and titles in Japanese. Angered by their parents' refusal to buy them a television set, two young brothers decide to go on a silence strike against all adults, leading to a number of comic misunderstandings in their tight-knit community. Set in a suburb of Tokyo. White titled wrappers. 16 leaves, with last page of text numbered 31. Mimeograph duplication, printed on rectos and versos. Pages Very Good plus, wrapper Very Good, lightly foxed with some wear to the binding, with perfect binding. Rosenbaum 1000. Criterion Collection 84. Vogel, Film as a Subversive Art.

First Draft script for the 1961 film. Working copy belonging to uncredited crew member Takahashi Toshihiro, with his name rubber stamped on the first leaf and the last page of text. Director Yasjiro Ozu's penultimate film, about a widower and his daughters, who become concerned when he begins visiting an old flame, while also trying to find husbands for his youngest daughter and widowed daughter-in-law. White titled wrappers, noted as 1 on the front wrapper, dated 1961. Title page present. 52 leaves, with last page of text numbered d-26. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good with some slight foxing. Criterion Collection Eclipse Series 3.

Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1956 film. With manuscript ink annotations on the verso noting the film's title and the names of director Yasujiro Ozu and actor Chishu Ryu. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A married white-collar worker begins an affair at his job with a young woman nicknamed Goldfish. Ozu's first film after a three year hiatus, and one of the last of his marriage-related films. Set and shot on location in Tokyo, Okayama, Shiga, and Kanagawa. 6 x 4.5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Eclipse 3.

Condition: Fine. Number of pages: 362p Size: 19cm.

Condition: Fine. Number of pages: 2 hours 24 minutes Size: 19 cm.

Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1958 film. With the stamp of Shochiku Co. on the verso, along with a mimeo snipe noting the film's Japanese title, "Higanbana." From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Ton Satomi's 1957 novel. A businessman hopes to arrange a marriage for his headstrong youngest daughter, who has fallen in love with a musician. Director Yasujiro Ozu's first color film. Set and shot on location in Tokyo. 6 x 4.5 inches. Near Fine. BFI 1071. Criterion Eclipse 3.

Vintage screenplay for the 1959 film. Text in Japanese. Annotations in manuscript pencil on several leaves, noting revisions and amendments. A remake of the 1934 silent film "A Story of Floating Weeds," also directed by Yasujiro Ozu. The leader of a traveling theatre troupe goes to visit his former mistress and their son, who is unaware that the man is his father. Meanwhile, the man's current lover, jealous of his attentions to his former mistress, schemes to shame him by convincing a young actress in the troupe to seduce his son. One of the final films the prolific Japanese director made before his death in 1963. Set on the Japanese coast. White titled wrappers. 107 leaves, with last page of text numbered e-22. Mimeograph duplication, rectos and versos. Pages Very Good plus, wrapper Very Good, with perfect binding. Criterion Collection 232. Ebert I. Eureka Masters of Cinema 41.