Her family only released the news of her death recently. She died on September 5, 2015. She was 94.
It's not a "film crush". Her presence on screen was remarkable beyond that sort of thing. To use the words "pure" and the like would be useless cliche. There was just this amazing aura of quiet virtue and beaming joy she manifested. In Ozu's films it's both radiant and down to earth.
Two of Ozu's films that she was in are on my top ten favourite films list (yes, I'm compiling a 100 favourite films list, and being an actual rated list, 1 to 100, and not just randomly placed, it's a difficult task).
Those two films are Tokyo Story and Late Spring.
To talk about Yasujirō Ozu's films...right now I can only silently point to their place in my faves' list as the best articulation of praise.
Tokyo Story is number three and Late Spring is number 6. Their respective positions will not change.
Oh, what the heck, since I know that at least the first ten aren't going to change, here they are:
1. Stalker
2. Au Hasard Balthasar
3. Tokyo Story
4. Andrei Rublev
5. Diary of a Country Priest
6. Late Spring
7. Seven Samurai
8. Mirror
9. Rear Window
10. Ugetsu
If you wish to to see both Tokyo Story and Late Spring, you can watch them right now on youtube, while you have the chance:
Tokyo Story
Late Spring
I won't even bother raving about them.
And pray for the departed, yes?
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