I Lived, But... (movie)
生きてはみたけれど・小津安二郎伝- User score: 6.5
- Production country: Japan
- Producer: Kazuo Inoue
- Production companies: Shochiku
- Genre: Documentary
- Release date: 10/29/1983
- Run time: 123 min.
Movie description
An extremely lovely tribute to Ozu, on the 20th anniversary of his death. It uses a combination of footage from vintage films and new material (both interviews and Ozu-related locations) shot by Ozu's long-time camera-man (who came out of retirement to work on this). Surprisingly (or perhaps not), it focuses less on Ozu's accomplishments as a film-maker than on his impact on the lives of the people he worked with..
