Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Figures vii
4. Acknowledgements xi
5. Introduction: Ozu, History and the Everyday 1
6. 1 Early Ozu: Shōshimin Film and Everyday Realism 21
7. 2 Ozu in Transition: Th e Coming of Sound and Family Melodrama 59
8. 3 Wartime Ozu: Between Bourgeois Drama and National Policy Film 103
9. 4 Postwar Ozu: Ozu’s Occupation-era Film and Tokyo Regained 141
10. 5 Late Ozu: New Generation and New Salaryman Film 186
11. Conclusion 209
12. Notes 216
13. Glossary of Japanese Terms 243
14. Select Filmography 247
15. Select Bibliography 251
16. Index 267