A list to track my (overly) ambitious project of watching every Ozu film that is available on the Criterion Channel. That s for 34/54 films that Letterboxd lists for Ozu, with 20 films listed as "not available on any streaming service," all of which were released between 1927-1935. Many are partial and short films and are generally unavailable outside this project unless I really want to hunt for physical media or special collections. That's not the point of this list. The point is to watch Ozu's work that is available to me as a subscribing member of the Criterion Channel.

Why am I doing this? Out of some weird sense of completionism, I guess. I've seen his absolute classics and most of late career, Ozu-in-color, but there is a lot more to discover.

To add some structure to this project, I am adopting JD's "baguette" approach of cutting the 34 films in half and alternating one film from the 1929-1937 half with a film from the 1941-1962 half. The best rationale I can come up with for this approach is that it will help me preserve my sanity: if I had to watch all the early shorts and silents and "lesser Ozus" before getting to the good stuff I'd never finish this project. This still means I have to wait a while to reach his masterful late period, but at least I get to rewatch Late Spring 10th and not 22nd. That will make a difference. Also, A Story of Floating Weeds and Floating Weeds aligned back to back. That's neat.

The two-column (or two-half, if you will) baguette doesn't translate too well to Letterboxd's vertical or grid list formats, but I'm ordering them in my intended, Baguette-approved viewing order. This is NOT a ranking of how I appreciate the films. If I decide this no longer makes sense, I'll change it to a purely chronological list.

I think that's it! I'm excited to dive in and to see how much this distorts my 2025 (or 2026) Letterboxd stats!