BONUS: Yasujiro Ozu & BFI Japan 2020 (feat. Alexander Jacoby)

Welcome to this bonus episode of The Movie Robcast. The BFI Player Japan 2020 season continues in June with a collection dedicated to Yasujiro Ozu, joining fantastic collections on Akira Kurosawa and Classic Japanese movies. We had the opportunity to talk with Dr. Alexander Jacoby about Yasujiro Ozu and why the director is so important to Japanese cinema. An expert on Japan and Japanese film, Alex conveys why the director’s films will dazzle new audiences. The BFI Player collection includes the numerous masterworks Ozu made, including Early Spring, his final movie An Autumn Afternoon and his most famous film, Tokyo Story. This episode is a cut down of a longer interview. The full text of that interview can be found here. Details of BFI Player’s Japan 2020 collection can be found here.