Yasujirō Ozu
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Yasujirō Ozu was a seminal Japanese film director renowned for his minimalist style, low camera angles, and deeply human family dramas such as "Tokyo Story."
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yasujirō Ozu canonical | 2 |
| Yasujiro | 1 |
| Yasujiro Ozu | 1 |
| Yasujiro Ozu films | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6043125 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Yasujirō Ozu Context triple: [Paul Schrader, influencedBy, Yasujirō Ozu]
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A.
Imamura Shohei
Imamura Shohei was a pioneering Japanese film director and screenwriter known for his gritty, humanistic portrayals of postwar Japanese society and for winning the Palme d'Or at Cannes twice.
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B.
Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa was a pioneering Japanese film director and screenwriter renowned for his influential samurai epics and innovative cinematic techniques that shaped world cinema.
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C.
Sachio Kinugasa
Sachio Kinugasa was a Japanese professional baseball player famed for his ironman streak of consecutive games played, primarily as a third baseman for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp.
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D.
Heigo Kurosawa
Heigo Kurosawa was a Japanese benshi (silent film narrator) and the older brother of renowned film director Akira Kurosawa.
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E.
Yasujiro Tsutsumi
Yasujiro Tsutsumi was a powerful Japanese businessman and politician who built a vast corporate empire, including the Seibu Group, and became one of the wealthiest individuals in postwar Japan.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Yasujirō Ozu Target entity description: Yasujirō Ozu was a seminal Japanese film director renowned for his minimalist style, low camera angles, and deeply human family dramas such as "Tokyo Story."
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A.
Imamura Shohei
Imamura Shohei was a pioneering Japanese film director and screenwriter known for his gritty, humanistic portrayals of postwar Japanese society and for winning the Palme d'Or at Cannes twice.
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B.
Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa was a pioneering Japanese film director and screenwriter renowned for his influential samurai epics and innovative cinematic techniques that shaped world cinema.
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C.
Sachio Kinugasa
Sachio Kinugasa was a Japanese professional baseball player famed for his ironman streak of consecutive games played, primarily as a third baseman for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp.
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D.
Heigo Kurosawa
Heigo Kurosawa was a Japanese benshi (silent film narrator) and the older brother of renowned film director Akira Kurosawa.
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E.
Yasujiro Tsutsumi
Yasujiro Tsutsumi was a powerful Japanese businessman and politician who built a vast corporate empire, including the Seibu Group, and became one of the wealthiest individuals in postwar Japan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film director
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person ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1960s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1920s ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Blue Ribbon Awards
NERFINISHED
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Kinema Junpo Awards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1903-12-12 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Fukagawa, Tokyo, Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Engaku-ji, Kamakura, Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | cancer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1963-12-12 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Tokyo, Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Shōchiku NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstFeatureFilm | Blade of Penitence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
family drama
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shomingeki ⓘ |
| hasSignatureTechnique |
direct cuts instead of dissolves
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tatami-level camera position ⓘ |
| hasSignatureTheme |
changing Japanese society
ⓘ
generational conflict ⓘ parent–child relationships ⓘ |
| influenced |
Japanese cinema
ⓘ
world cinema ⓘ |
| influencedBy | American silent comedy ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Japanese ⓘ |
| movement | Shōchiku studio directors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Yasujirō Ozu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeName | 小津 安二郎 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCollaboration |
Chishū Ryū
NERFINISHED
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Kōgo Noda NERFINISHED ⓘ Setsuko Hara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
An Autumn Afternoon
NERFINISHED
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Early Summer NERFINISHED ⓘ Floating Weeds NERFINISHED ⓘ I Was Born, But... NERFINISHED ⓘ Late Spring NERFINISHED ⓘ Tokyo Story NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
film director
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screenwriter ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| style |
focus on everyday family life
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low camera angles ⓘ minimalist film style ⓘ pillow shots ⓘ static camera ⓘ |
| subjectOf | critical studies in film theory ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Yasujirō Ozu Description of subject: Yasujirō Ozu was a seminal Japanese film director renowned for his minimalist style, low camera angles, and deeply human family dramas such as "Tokyo Story."
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Yasujiro Ozu
this entity surface form:
Yasujiro
this entity surface form:
Yasujiro Ozu films