Looking Behind the Camera: Ozu Yasujirō and His Family

Nagai Hideyuki, the nephew of Ozu Yasujirō, participated in the Ozu Yasujirō Memorial Film Festival held in Tateshina, Nagano Prefecture, in 2023. (© Kodera Kei)

Ozu Akiko at the Mugeisō villa in Tateshina, during the interview. (© Kodera Kei)

Ozu Akiko talks about her uncle at an event alongside Yamashita Kazuko, also Ozu’s niece, at the Ozu Yasujirō Memorial Film Festival in Tateshina in 2023. (© Kodera Kei)

Nagai Hideyuki talks about his uncle during a film presentation at the Ozu Yasujirō Memorial Film Festival, held annually in the city of Chino, Nagano, since 1998. (© Kodera Kei)

Nagai Hideyuki (center, second row) and Ozu Akiko (second from right, front row) during a group photo of participants at the Ozu Yasujirō Memorial Film Festival at Tateshina in September 2023. (© Kodera Kei)