Donald Richie (April 17, 1924 - February 19, 2013) was an American-born author who wrote about the Japanese people, the culture of Japan, and especially Japanese cinema.
"A beautiful insight into the mind of a director."
*Filmmakers Newsletter*
"The art of Ozu is the art of contemplation, and Richie echoes it
perfectly. His book is a model of lucidity and understanding, and
one of the best studies of a director ever written."
*Films and Filming*
"Bit by bit there emerges as complete an account of how one type of
film works as I have ever read."
*Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism*
"Is and probably will remain the definitive in-English study of Ozu
and his films."
*Films in Review*
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