Translation of: Kantoku Ozu Yasujirō. Tōkyō : Chikuma Shobō, 1983; and Zōho ketteiban (expanded and complete edition), 2003

Translator's introduction : Directed by Shiguéhiko Hasumi / Ryan Cook -- Critical introduction : Shiguéhiko Hasumi and viewing film studies anew / Aaron Gerow -- Prologue : the rules of the game -- Negating -- Eating -- Changing Clothes -- Inhabiting -- Looking -- Holding still -- Radiating -- Getting angry -- Laughing -- Being surprised -- Conclusion : pleasure and cruelty -- Appendix : interview with Yūharu Atsuta

"First published in 1983, Shiguéhiko Hasumi's Directed by Yasujirō Ozu has become one of the most influential books on cinema written in Japanese. This pioneering translation brings Hasumi's landmark work to an English-speaking public for the first time, inviting a new readership to engage with this astutely observed, deeply moving meditation on the oeuvre of one of the giants of world cinema. Complemented by a critical introduction from acclaimed film scholar Aaron Gerow and rendered fluidly in Ryan Cook's agile translation, this volume will grace the shelves of cinephiles for many years to come"--