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Yasujiro OZU (December 12, – December 12, ) was a Japanese movie director.

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Early childhood

Ozu was born in downtown Fukagawa (Koto Ward), Tokyo as the second son of Toranosuke, a mercantile clerk at the top merchants Yuasa-gumi, and mother, Asae. He moved to his father's hometown of Matsusaka City, Mie Prefecture, when he was nine years old.

He later entered Mie Prefectural Uji Yamada Junior High School under the former educational system (now Mie Prefectural Uji Yamada High School). He became engrossed in movie going and did not attend classes.

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As a result he was expelled from his dormitory for being a delinquent student.

Substitute teacher

In , he took the entrance exams for Kobe Commercial University (now Kobe University) under the previous education system, but failed the exams.

In , he also failed the exams for Mie Teacher's School (currently Mie University Faculty of Education) and went to work at Miyamae Standard Elementary School, a small school