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Ozu was definitely an expert at devising scenes that were funny and sad at the same time.

Did we already notice that this is “currently unavailable” from the Criterion store and only available from third-party sellers on Amazon? Ditto the (DVD-only) release of The Only Son/There Was a Father. Praying this portends an Ozu mega-set, though we’re already 1/3 of the way through the year of announcements with no news. We’re still in his centenary year until December

Criterion’s last Ozu release was The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice in 2019.

I feel like they’d do (another) one for Kurosawa before Ozu, but on the other hand, Criterion

I have to think this is as strong a possibility as can possibly be. With Janus holding rights to at least 32 of his films I can't see how not

The screen grabs on Equinox Flower and The End of Summer in particular, seem like they've been upgraded too.

I was also thinking the precedent of the Fellini and Pasolini sets being centenary celebrations and the recent theatrical retrospective both lend support towards the idea.

I also think we’d see one or two “classic” 4K Kurosawas before a Blu-ray box set.