I Lived, But...

The documentary is about Yasujiro Ozu. It was made on the twentieth anniversary of his death. There are two kinds of material in it. One is passages taken from the old films. The other is newly shot footage. The new footage was shot by the cameraman who worked with Ozu for many years. He came out of retirement to do it. The camera goes to places connected with Ozu. People who worked with him are interviewed. Actors talk. Former assistant directors talk. Critics have their say as well. The film does not list Ozu’s achievements in cinema. It looks instead at the mark he left on the people around him. Mariko Okada and Haruko Sugimura speak in the hundred and twenty three minute documentary, a Japanese production Kazuo Inoue finished in 1983.