Bordwell D. Ozu and the Poetics of Cinema

British Film Institute & Princeton University Press, 1988. — 406 p.Over the last two decades, Yasujiro Ozu has won international recognition as a major filmmaker. Combining biographical information with discussions of the films' aesthetic strategies and cultural significance, David Bordwell questions the popular image of Ozu as the traditional Japanese artisan and examines the aesthetic nature and functions of his cinema.Problems of Poetics
Career.
Backgrounds.
Materials.
Structures, strictures and stratagems.
Towards intrinsic norms.
Freedom and order.
Pillows and curtains.
Uses and effects.
The FilmsFrom Sword of Penitence (1927) to An Autumn Afternoon (1962).
Appendix: Quantitative aspects of Ozu's films.