The arts in post war Japan took a drastic turn in terms of ideals and beliefs after the defeat at the end of World War Two.  With the downfall of the nation being so utterly brutal and the clearness of what the country itself had done being plain for its citizens to see, the arts turned humanist in the extreme.  Yasujiro Ozu is the product … Continue reading Late Autumn – Yasujiro Ozu (1960)