Woojeong Joo received his PhD degree from University of Warwick. He worked at University of East Anglia as a postdoctoral research assistant for AHRC funded project, ‘Manga to Movies’, and is currently teaching in Japan-in-Asia Cultural Studies Program at Nagoya University, Japan.

• Acknowledgments List of IllustrationsList of TablesINTRODUCTION: Ozu, History, and the EverydayCHAPTER 1EARLY OZU: Shōshimin Film and Everyday Realism CHAPTER 2OZU IN TRANSITION: Coming of Sound and Family MelodramaCHAPTER 3WARTIME OZU: In between Bourgeois Drama and National Policy Film CHAPTER 4OZU AND POSTWAR: Ozu’s Occupation era films and Tokyo Regained CHAPTER 5LATE OZU: New Generation and New Salaryman Film Conclusion Select Filmography Select Bibliography Notes

Joo is a perceptive viewer of Ozu’s films, particularly skilled at the structural analysis of narrative and character.[...] a major contribution to the field.

Woojeong Joo received his PhD degree from University of Warwick. He worked at University of East Anglia as a postdoctoral research assistant for AHRC funded project, ‘Manga to Movies’, and is currently teaching in Japan-in-Asia Cultural Studies Program at Nagoya University, Japan.

• Acknowledgments List of IllustrationsList of TablesINTRODUCTION: Ozu, History, and the EverydayCHAPTER 1EARLY OZU: Shōshimin Film and Everyday Realism CHAPTER 2OZU IN TRANSITION: Coming of Sound and Family MelodramaCHAPTER 3WARTIME OZU: In between Bourgeois Drama and National Policy Film CHAPTER 4OZU AND POSTWAR: Ozu’s Occupation era films and Tokyo Regained CHAPTER 5LATE OZU: New Generation and New Salaryman Film Conclusion Select Filmography Select Bibliography Notes

Joo is a perceptive viewer of Ozu’s films, particularly skilled at the structural analysis of narrative and character.[...] a major contribution to the field.

Woojeong Joo received his PhD degree from University of Warwick. He worked at University of East Anglia as a postdoctoral research assistant for AHRC funded project, ‘Manga to Movies’, and is currently teaching in Japan-in-Asia Cultural Studies Program at Nagoya University, Japan.

• Acknowledgments List of IllustrationsList of TablesINTRODUCTION: Ozu, History, and the EverydayCHAPTER 1EARLY OZU: Shōshimin Film and Everyday Realism CHAPTER 2OZU IN TRANSITION: Coming of Sound and Family MelodramaCHAPTER 3WARTIME OZU: In between Bourgeois Drama and National Policy Film CHAPTER 4OZU AND POSTWAR: Ozu’s Occupation era films and Tokyo Regained CHAPTER 5LATE OZU: New Generation and New Salaryman Film Conclusion Select Filmography Select Bibliography Notes

Joo is a perceptive viewer of Ozu’s films, particularly skilled at the structural analysis of narrative and character.[...] a major contribution to the field.