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Directed by Yasujiro Ozu

I Lived, But . . .

2h 2m

Directed by Kazuo Inoue, the 1983 documentary I LIVED, BUT . . . features interviews with actors Chishu Ryu, Mariko Okada, and Haruko Sugimura; filmmaker Shohei Imamura, director Yasujiro Ozu’s former assistant; critics Donald Richie and Tadao Sato; and many others on whom Ozu had a profound impact.

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