Yasujirō Ozu

Director

Yasujirō Ozu has a .889 batting average: 16 of 18 films rated 80/100 or higher.

Batting average
.889
Hits
16 of 18 feature films rated 80/100 or higher
Percentile
top 1% of 941 directors, confidence-adjusted (how it works)
Career
1932–1962

Films, ranked by rating

  1. Tokyo Story (1953) — 100/100 · hit
  2. Late Spring (1949) — 99/100 · hit
  3. Late Autumn (1960) — 87/100 · hit
  4. Early Summer (1951) — 87/100 · hit
  5. Floating Weeds (1959) — 85/100 · hit
  6. An Autumn Afternoon (1962) — 85/100 · hit
  7. Tokyo Twilight (1957) — 85/100 · hit
  8. Record of a Tenement Gentleman (1947) — 85/100 · hit
  9. There Was a Father (1942) — 84/100 · hit
  10. I Was Born, But... (1932) — 84/100 · hit
  11. A Story of Floating Weeds (1934) — 84/100 · hit
  12. The End of Summer (1961) — 83/100 · hit
  13. Good Morning (1959) — 83/100 · hit
  14. The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice (1952) — 83/100 · hit
  15. Early Spring (1956) — 82/100 · hit
  16. Equinox Flower (1958) — 80/100 · hit
  17. The Only Son (1936) — 76/100
  18. A Hen in the Wind (1948) — 73/100

Films that qualify under the rating methodology, not a complete filmography.

Best and worst

Highest rated

  1. Tokyo Story (1953) — 100/100 · hit
  2. Late Spring (1949) — 99/100 · hit
  3. Late Autumn (1960) — 87/100 · hit

Lowest rated

  1. A Hen in the Wind (1948) — 73/100
  2. The Only Son (1936) — 76/100
  3. Equinox Flower (1958) — 80/100 · hit

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How these numbers work: Methodology