Late Spring Ozu
LATE SPRING Yasujiro Ozu is an influential and important Japanese filmmaker. ... The movie Late Spring is a perfect example of Ozu’s work. His own personal life has a major impact on all his films including Late Spring. ... Gender is another significant issue in Late Spring that will be explored along with the possible meanings and reasons behind the film. In Late Spring, Ozus main subject is a father pressuring his grown daughter to marry and the sadness and devastation that occurs along the way. First of all, Ozu seems to be a gay man, although nobody wants to say so. Critics have rumored that Ozu was possibly a homosexual, which changes some the typical analysis of the film. ... Even though Late Spring is a slice of life film- what Ozu seems to be criticizing in his film is the huge pressure society puts on people to marry, no matter what their sexual orientation. ... The early part of Late Spring it shows how happy everyone is living as part of a family, with a parent-child relationship and friends. ... Late Spring shows that it is socially demanded, but it never shows it benefiting anyone, or hurting anyone by its absence. ... Gender is an important issue in the Late Spring. ... Marriage is one of Ozu’s reoccurring topics in his films. ... Yasujiro Ozu’s Late Spring gives us a view of Japanese culture and their daily life.