Whoa, there goes February and a good part of March … I just learned that the Northwest Film Forum is going to be showing 27 Ozu films beginning on February 3rd and running through March 10. The slate includes such well-known films as Tokyo Story, Ohayo (a.k.a “Good Morning”), and Floating Weeds, but also includes a large number of his rarer silent work. Some showings of the silent films will feature live premieres of original scores commissioned for the series.

For those unfamiliar with Ozu’s work, he is the other classic Japanese director. Where Kurosawa was a master of the heroic epic and the grand gesture, Ozu is remembered for his gentle attention to the everyday details of ordinary people’s lives.

Full details about the retrospective are available at the NWFF’s Ozu festival webpage.