About the Author

Donald Richie (April 17, 1924 - February 19, 2013) was an American-born author who wrote about the Japanese people, the culture of Japan, and especially Japanese cinema.

Reviews

"A beautiful insight into the mind of a director."
 
*Filmmakers Newsletter*

"The art of Ozu is the art of contemplation, and Richie echoes it perfectly. His book is a model of lucidity and understanding, and one of the best studies of a director ever written."
 
*Films and Filming*

"Bit by bit there emerges as complete an account of how one type of film works as I have ever read."
*Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism*

"Is and probably will remain the definitive in-English study of Ozu and his films."
 
*Films in Review*