Why this filmmaker matters
Shizuo Yamanouchi has 0 productions in the Nutevio catalogue.

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Shizuo Yamanouchi has 0 productions in the Nutevio catalogue.
The recognisable elements are rewatchability, visual style, originality. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same eye, re-tuned for different registers. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is staged.
Yamanouchi set terms other filmmakers now work against: the structures, the pacing and the refusal to explain. Awards bodies have often been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
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Yasujirō Ozu
Director
4 shared titles · An Autumn Afternoon

Chishū Ryū
Actor
2 shared titles · An Autumn Afternoon

Keiji Sada
Actor
2 shared titles · An Autumn Afternoon
Yûharu Atsuta
Director of Photography
2 shared titles · An Autumn Afternoon

Kōgo Noda
Screenplay
2 shared titles · An Autumn Afternoon
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