Pedro Costa

Note to myself: A Closed Door That Leaves Us Guessing:

... but for me, the true Japanese documentaries are by Ozu. All the people I know in Japan, all my Japanese friends, I knew before, through the films of Ozu. What I've just said, Ozu has written in his journal. He says: ‘I've never made up a character. In my films, I make copies of my friends.’

... For me, it's a detail that Ozu happens to be Japanese. Personally, I think he's Portuguese ...