Eclipse Series #3 - Late Ozu (Early Spring / Tokyo Twilight / Equinox Flower / Late Autumn / The End of Summer) (Criterion Collection)
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  • OZU FILMS
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  • Absolutely Loving It!
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Eclipse Series #3 - Late Ozu (Early Spring / Tokyo Twilight / Equinox Flower / Late Autumn / The End of Summer) (Criterion Collection)
Starring: Ganjiro Nakamura , Setsuko Hara , Yôko Tsukasa , Michiyo Aratama , and Keiju Kobayashi
Director: Yasujiro Ozu
Manufacturer: Criterion
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ASIN: B000OPPAF6
Release Date: 2007-06-12

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This month, we present five wonderful works of art by Japanese master filmmaker Yasujiro Ozu. Made directly after Tokyo Story, widely considered his most perfect film and one of the greatest movies ever made, these titles show Ozu at the top of the game, visually and narratively. Elegant, humorous, rich with joy and sadness, these films further demonstrate why Ozu has become synonymous with the word cinema.

Five-Disc Set Includes:

Early Spring: A married salaryman in postwar Tokyo enters into an affair with an office mate in this moving portrait of a fragile marriage.

Tokyo Twilight: In the dead of winter, past and present traumas afflict two sisters and their aging father in this, one of Ozu's most heartbreaking and powerful works.

Equinox Flower: In Ozu's splendid first color film, a stubborn businessman who disapproves of his daughter's fiance must learn to embrace modern romance.

Late Autumn: Ozu regular Setsuko Hara, once the marrying child in Late Spring, becomes the parent in this poignant tale of the bonds between mother and daughter.

The End of Summer: Ozu's second-to-last film beautifully blends comedy and tragedy to tell the story of three sisters who are stunned to discover that their aging father has taken up with his former mistress.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars OZU FILMS.......2007-08-01

I was so happy to see this latest Ozu collection as I had been purchasing, individually, other Ozu films. These films were made a bit later than the earlier Ozu films I had purchased. I am just very interested in post-war Japan and so these films seem to capture this era beautifully. They are very "simple" stories of relationships, filmed in black and white. Having just recently visited Japan, the landscape seemed to touch me after having seen some of Ozu's earlier films. I thought of these films and their stories a lot while travelling through Japan - both in some large cities, as well as some beautiful rural areas of Japan.

4 out of 5 stars Autumnal Ozu Still Offers Many Pleasures for Aficionados in Five Representative Films.......2007-07-31

The quietude and lack of pretense in Yasujiro Ozu's idiosyncratic films continue to draw me to his impressive body of work, which gratefully continues to be restored by the Criterion Collection. From the stationary, tatami-level camera angles to the selective re-use of his familiar ensemble cast, Ozu displays an unforced cinematic style unique in its deliberate pacing and elliptical narrative structures. As it should be, his most acclaimed work is the "Noriko" trilogy - Late Spring (1949), Early Summer (1951) and the extraordinary Tokyo Story (1953) - which has been given deluxe DVD treatments by Criterion in individual packages in the past few years. His career continued until his death in 1962, and this box set from Criterion's subsidiary Eclipse celebrates five of the films he made after "Tokyo Story". Because there are none of the extras to be found in the previously released DVDs, neither an informative commentary from a film scholar nor a historical documentary, the films are left to stand on their own albeit with English subtitles. They represent a solid collection from a master, but I also think they are best appreciated after seeing the "Noriko" trilogy or his other masterpiece, 1959's Floating Weeds where you get in-depth orientations into Ozu's filmmaking style.

The set begins with 1956's "Early Spring" (****), a penetrating, unusually mature study in infidelity in post-WWII Japan. Ozu places his focus on Shoji, a young, inconsequential white collar worker suffering from weariness about his job and childless marriage to Masako. He starts to spend more time with his colleagues and less with his pragmatic wife. One of his co-workers is an independent-minded stenographer who has been affectionately named "Goldfish". A seemingly innocent flirtation leads inevitably to a full-blown affair. Even more than his more famous films, Ozu spends a lot of time on establishing shots to highlight Shoji's mundane existence, and the net effect is more insinuating in terms of defining his boredom and dead-end career. Ryo Ikebe and Chikage Awashima (the feisty best friend regaling in her freedom to be single in "Early Summer") play the young couple affectingly, though Keiko Kishi easily steals her scenes as the ambitious Goldfish.

The darkest of the five films is 1957's "Tokyo Twilight" (****1/2), which showcases Ozu's craftsmanship encased in a Douglas Sirk-like melodrama about two sisters leading lives of quiet desperation in spite of the earnest though clueless efforts of their father. With her baby daughter in tow, patient older sister Takako has just left her errant, self-absorbed husband. Petulant younger sister Akiko keeps searching for a boyfriend amid her social circle, a group of sarcastic slackers who spend all their time playing mah jong and gossiping. The sisters' bad choice in men can be sourced to not only a guilt-ridden father but a mother who deserted them long ago. She comes back to town followed in quick order by the inevitable consequences. Shorn of her usually sunny exterior, the legendary Setsuko Hara lends intense, complex melancholy to Takako, while Ineko Arima portrays Akiko with a hedonistic fury worthy of Louise Brooks. As the absentee mother, Isuzu Yamada has a few powerful scenes, while Ozu regular Chishu Ryu plays the father in his typically poker-faced manner.

A comparatively lighter tone can be found in Ozu's first color film, 1958's "Equinox Flower" (****1/2), which explores a favorite theme of the filmmaker's, the bond between a father named Hirayama and his daughter Setsuko. True to her contemporary nature, she makes an impulsive decision to marry, even though Hirayama had always expected that she would seek his approval beforehand. Reflective of prevailing customs, he is presumptuous enough to think he would choose her husband. At the same time, in contrast, he provides advice to others to follow their own hearts. The hypocrisy gradually dawns on the well-intentioned father in slow, uninterrupted takes, as Setsuko quietly rebels. Shin Saburi effectively manages to convey both the comic confusion and dawning revelation of a man caught in a generational transition, while Ineko Arima returns with a sunnier persona as Setsuko.

1960's "Late Autumn" (****) is really a variation on his classic 1949 father-daughter drama, "Late Spring". He goes further with this parallel by having Setsuko Hara, who played the daughter in the original film, play the mother Akiko in this one. This time, the character of Akiko has such an easy sisterly bond with her daughter Ayako that neither has an interest in dating or marriage. While Akiko's situation is accepted by society, Ayako's single status is a point of consternation, especially for three friends of Akiko's late husband, all of whom express feelings of unrequited love for the unavailable Akiko. Lending her remarkable sense of pathos, Hara provides her trademark stillness and quiet warmth as Akiko. Yôko Tsukasa is pretty and affecting as Ayako, while Mariko Okada provides an uninhibited spirit as Ayako's friend and colleague Yuriko. Shin Saburi, Nabuo Nakamura and Ryuji Kita play the matchmaking trio almost like a Shakespearean comedy troupe.

The last film of the set, 1961's "End of Summer" (****) has Setsuko Hara and Yôko Tsukasa of "Late Autumn" return as sisters Akiko and Noriko, both in search of husbands. They are the daughters of Manbei Kohayakawa, who seems to be going through his second childhood as his sake brewery flounders into a financial abyss. When Manbei takes up with his old mistress, the family is thrown into chaos as Ozu melds both comic and tragic elements into the deliberately paced story. Fittingly, the story's rueful last act echoes the poignant ending of "Tokyo Story". The rubric of change and resistance within a family is explored in depth and within the elliptical structure that is the filmmaker's trademark. Ganjiro Nakamura (the aging kabuki actor in Ozu's "Floating Weeds") plays Manbei with surprising subtlety, while Hara and the rest of the ensemble cast complement him impeccably.

5 out of 5 stars Absolutely Loving It!.......2007-07-08

I've been so looking forward to this release and am thoroughly enjoying this new Ozu set during my vacation week. I strongly suggest a back-to-back viewing of "Late Spring" (a separate Criterion release) and "Late Autumn," included here in this set. A side-by-side viewing will only enhance the comic explosion "Late Autumn" will set off in your head. I am astounded by the gorgeous, intricate weaving of plot lines in Late Autumn -almost suggestive of the strange, inexplicable balance of forms one finds in a Kandinsky painting. What a sly, lovely film maker that Ozu is!

5 out of 5 stars Great movies... but the box stinks.......2007-07-05

I won't talk about the five great films you get in the box set "Late Ozu". As has been said before: the name Ozu and the word "great" are synonymous. But I thought I might warn you about the "box".

This box set doesn't have one. But what's that in the photo you see up above? That, friend, is a slip case -- a piece of cardboard with four sides. There is no top, no bottom... no box.

What you're actually buying is 5 discs in the new slimline cases held together by a sleeve. A sturdy sleeve, yes, but one that shifts form into a parallelogram depending on how you hold it. Either way, make sure you hold it horizontally. As I mentioned, there is no top and no bottom. Hold it the way you'd initially be inclined to and all five slimcases promptly slide out the bottom. Does this make sense? Who builds a box with no bottom?

I'm grateful Criterion has created the new Eclipse series and is thus bringing us films we wouldn't usually have access to, but why lie about the packaging? Yes, the photo they provide is a lie. If you look at that you imagine a slipcase that opens on the side, properly holding your movies, right? Or a fold-out box keeping your precious new Ozu discs snug in a logical manner. Who enjoys pulling something off the shelf with their other hand supporting the bottom so the contents don't spill?

Speaking for myself, if I had seen the product properly when it was advertised I wouldn't feel cheated and disappointed right now.

5 out of 5 stars Worth the wait.......2007-06-30

Now we have 5 more late ozu films to digest - and such a delicious meal it is... Yasijuro ozu's films are noted for their simplicity and their sensitivity to the family dynamic.. As a master of his craft ozu's films are deceptively packed with details and very methodic in their construction.. His pacing combined with character revelations often leave us feeling completely satisfied at the end of the picture as if he has taken us down to a meditative place and let us emerge back into our own worlds at the end of the picture.. But speaking of such things is useless.. you need to watch these family dramas for yourself to understand the kinds of feelings that will emerge inside of you..
Ozu was a technician perhaps more quiet than directors like hitchcock, lang, or even kurosawa and mizoguchi - but his movies speak volumes without the extra action and manipulations.. That is probably why so many people find his work refreshing..

This box set contains 5 movies that are among his most effective.. my particular favorite was 'the end of summer' which featured some of his actors from previous films including Ganjiro nakamura as the very childlike grandfather figure.. This movie for me is one of Ozu's best - also it utilizes color in a very striking way (for another fine example of ozu's color see floating weeds).. The other films are also in the same league.. equinox flower is another favorite of mine..

Criterion collections new eclipse series is truly a most welcome venue to discover older movies that you may not have seen.. There is also an excellent collection of early bergman movies now available - and a samuel fuller box is on the way.. It is well worth the price..
Baby Genius The Four Seasons w/bonus Music CD
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3 out of 5 stars Good for the Young Child.......2007-02-26

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Autumn Spring
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Starring: Vlastimil Brodský , Stella Zázvorková , Stanislav Zindulka , Ondrej Vetchý , and Petra Spalková
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ASIN: B0000D0YVL
Release Date: 2003-12-02

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A bittersweet comedy starring the great Vlastimil Brodský as Fanda, an old man who refuses to grow up. Despite pleas from his exasperated wife who wants him to make serious decisions about the future, Fanda ignores the nagging and spends his days seeking amusement and adventure.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Wonderful!!!!.......2007-08-17

I couldn't agree with the fellow reviewer who said that this is one of those "sleeper" movies that could go unnoticed very easily. I have been watching a lot of Czech movies and bumped into this one by happenstance. Needless to say, it is one of the best I've seen so far.
Frantisek Hana is in his mid-seventies, but possesses an unbridled zeal for life. He is enchanted by blooming flowers and beautiful sunny days and revels in the tiny pleasures derived by playing child-like pranks. His partner in crime is Ed and the duo celebrates their old age by living life to the hilt. In one of their pranks, Hana & Ed portray themselves as wealthy expats, planning to buy a palatial mansion. They get a free limousine ride to the countryside mansion and some fine wine. However, their little prank blows up as the estate agent manages to find their true identity and slaps a 30000 Krown fine. Multiple attempts (pranks really) to raise the fine money leads them into funny and hilarious situations, emphasizing the serendipitous nature of life. Having exhausted all pranktical means, Hana eventually steals the money from his "funeral" fund.
This severely infuriates his wife, who is a perfect antipode. She has surrendered to old age and lives under the morbid ambition of being buried in a second-hand grave and saves furiously for her funeral. She has worked out all the post-death formalities and even selected a picture that'll appear alongside her epitaph.
Hana's domestic life is the usual grind. His wife condemns him for being crazy and not taking his old age seriously, while his son is eying his apartment for his ex-wives and children. The ensuing movie drama will take you through scary divorce threats, deadly pranks, emotional courtroom scenes, endless love, compassionate & unconditional friendship and woes of aging bodies.
However, everything has severe underpinnings of humor, which is a synonym for being alive. Stellar performance by Vlastimil Brodský.

This is how movies should be made ...

5 out of 5 stars Live life or plan dying!.......2006-05-09

Engaging in this movie stimulates our mind about our life and the inevitable death. This 2001 Czech movie provokes one to ponder if you can seriously enjoy and be amused in old age, or will you obsess with preparing for your mortality?

With poignancy and humor, an aging man, Fanda doesn't take life serious, while his nagging wife, Emilie, remains so frustrated with him as she constantly obsesses over preparations for their deaths. Their grown son, contributes to the aura of doom by pressuring the couple to a retirement home so he can have the apartment. We learn that the couple have nothing in common as they live their remaining years.

Fanda is interested in enjoying life! He lives life for today, and while death is certain, it is not on his mind. Together, with his best friend, they embark on schemes, cheating, lying, conning, simply for amusement. Most scheming or conning is harmless, but it can get out of hand.

We sympathize with both, because in reality, most people tend to reflect Emilie's position, and we so much want to enjoy life like Fanda, minus the scheming and conning.

The movie begs the question, do I want to live before I die, or die while I'm alive. Ironically, Vlastimil Brodsk, (Fanda) took his own life shortly after filming the movie. This is a wonderful movie that has garnered numerous awards......MzRizz

5 out of 5 stars Don't listen to the one bad reviewer who is confused!!!!.......2006-04-30

Please don't listen to the one reviewer who gave this a bad review. He is very confused. This movie will make you laugh and cry! A great film that does not pretend to be something it's not! Just don't take my word for it. Here are some awards: Winner audience award for Best film Clevland International Film Festivl, St. Louis Film Festival, Official selection Toronto International Film Festival, 4 Czech Lion awards, and the list goes on!!!!! This is a film that should not be missed! Viewers if someone gives a bad review of some film do me a favor and check the movies they liked {such as the critic of this film who liked a UFC film} before you listen to their advice!

5 out of 5 stars Wonderful Movie, Sketchy DVD.......2006-02-05

The film is five stars. Mr. Brodsky plays the part of Fanta deftly, and the part itself is a most engaging and layered character. That is not to say that any of the other acting was less wonderful. The pull between wife and best friend can't end without loss, but as each person sacrifices for the wellbeing of the other, hope is born, and a happy, but not cheesy, ending comes about. Comedy because it ends well, not because it's ha ha funny all along the way (it does have its laughing moments too).

That said, the DVD couldn't be read by my DVD player, and although I've had the player for a few years, it has never refused to read a Region 1 disc before. I had to watch this on my laptop where I watch discs from Europe. Disappointing, but not so much that the film is any less worth buying.

5 out of 5 stars Moviefan.......2005-12-01

This is a real nice, funny,charm and smart movie about older people, older body does'nt mean old heart, between smile and smile people can think about this age and Frana's play show us
the movie could be light and predictible but movie has a message about respect to old pepole, really I garantee you'll enjoy this movie
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
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      Baby Genius - The Four Seasons
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      Release Date: 2003-08-19

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      Set to Vivaldi's revered composition, this wordless program accompanies each seasonal piece with appropriate images. Spring is flowers, bees, and kids with balloons. Summer is beach play, seals, and fireworks. Autumn features visits to the pumpkin patch and youngsters dressed as kittens and ladybugs. And winter includes images of icicles, snowmen, Christmas tree ornaments, and a menorah. The creators have taken care to make sure that the visuals match the energy of the music. They briefly interject images of the alphabet and numbers and cap off the 33-minute show with the Alphabet Song--allowing for a tiny bit of formal learning. But mostly children get a quiet break from the usual fast pace of other entertainment with these lush images and the soothing sounds of classical music. Ages infant through 4 years. --Kimberly Heinrichs

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      My son, at 7 months, got hooked on this while it was temporarily available on cable. When it went off the air, I had to order the DVD. Now I give out copies for presents.

      5 out of 5 stars Mom of 3 under the age of 3........2004-03-09

      My kids (3 all under the age of 3)absolutley love this video! We have the entire line of "Baby Einstein" and they prefer this "Baby Genius" video over any others in our collection! Both Baby Einstein and Baby Genius have incredible music, but the Baby Genius has more real life images of toddlers and babies playing. I think it is for this reason that my kids favorite is "The Four Seasons," because it has toddlers and babies having fun in each of the four seasons, something my kids can relate to. I am thrilled that the Baby Genius video's are now available on DVD!

      5 out of 5 stars The best of the lot.......2004-01-24

      We own all of the Baby Genius videos, and I rate this one the best. It's soothing, and interesting, and easy to narrate. My boys are two and 8 months old, and enjoy watching it as I point out colors and animals. We also review sign language with this video (hot, cold, snow, cold, bee, etc. We like it.

      5 out of 5 stars My Son Is Enthralled.......2004-01-06

      My son gets easily bored by many of the "baby" videos out there. The Four Seasons captures his attention like no other video. The pets and children playing in the dvd are really what captures his attention. He loves looking at young children.
      Wonderful.

      4 out of 5 stars Quality music.......2002-08-14

      After listening to countless hours of synthesized classical music, I am refreshed with the appearance of the Baby Genius videos. These are real musicians playing real music. The quality is excellent. The video images may not be as refined as the Baby Einstein line of tapes, but my 2 and 4 year olds both enjoy watching them. If the kids leave the room, it's no problem. This is a tape that is as enjoyable to listen to as it is to watch.
      Baby Tutor - Four Seasons
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        Baby Tutor - Four Seasons
        Starring: Baby Brainworks
        Manufacturer: BRANDXTENSIONS MARKETING INC.
        ProductGroup: DVD
        Binding: DVD

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        ASIN: B000BQ7DEE
        Release Date: 2006-01-10

        Description

        Baby Tutor DVD's use strategic sounds, 3D animation, and 'live action' footage to help your child to Discover, Interact, and explore their busy world. Explore the changing world of the 4 seasons. This DVD will entertain and stimulate your child by using various nature sounds and images that make up each of the 4 seasons.
        Chen-style Spring and Autumn Faichion
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          Chen-style Spring and Autumn Faichion

          Manufacturer: Guangzhou Beauty Culture Communication Co.Ltd
          ProductGroup: DVD
          Binding: DVD

          GeneralGeneral | Sports | Genres | DVD | Video
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          ASIN: B000M2DN7S
          Release Date: 2006-12-18

          Description

          Chen-style Taiji 13-form Cudgel is also called 13form Big Spear. It belongs to the middle-long weapons. The length of the stick is over 3 meters. The routine consists of thirteen movements and so it is called "13-form Cudgel". This routine is short and the movements are carefully selected. The movements are practical and powerful. They are stick, twine, sweep, block, ward off, parry, press, chop, and so on. The exerciser must have a good command of basic boxing skills. Exercise requirements: keep your crotch round and steps steady and turn your waist quickly and twine your opponent's arms forcefully.
          Spring and Autumn Broadsword
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            Spring and Autumn Broadsword

            Manufacturer: Guangzhou Beauty Culture Communication Co.Ltd
            ProductGroup: DVD
            Binding: DVD

            Tai ChiTai Chi | Fitness & Yoga | Genres | DVD | Video
            ( S )( S ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video
            ASIN: B000LP51LW
            Release Date: 2006-12-01

            Description

            Spring and Autumn Falchion of Chen Family is also called Black Dragon and The Moon Falchion. It belongs to one kind of the weapons in Chen-style Taiji. This set of weapon has logical and reasonable structure and the forms echo with each other. The forms are agile and flexible in practise. It is very clear in the techniques of hack, cut, uppercut, hang, chop, slice, raise and stab. It has the feature of "the falchion is as fierce as the tiger". Every posture and form is characterized of being powerful and forceful.
            Baby Genius: The Four Seasons
            Average customer rating: Not rated
              Baby Genius: The Four Seasons

              Manufacturer: Genius Entertainment
              ProductGroup: DVD
              Binding: DVD

              AnimationAnimation | Kids & Family | Genres | DVD | Video
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              Baby GeniusBaby Genius | Characters & Series | Kids & Family | Genres | DVD | Video
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              GeneralGeneral | Children's Music | Styles | Music
              ASIN: B0006A9GU4
              Release Date: 2004-01-01

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