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unusual facts about Ōzu, Ehime



A Thousand Years of Good Prayers

Wayne Wang chose to adapt A Thousand Years of Good Prayers into a film because it reminded him of all the Ozu films he so admired when he was a film student.

An Autumn Afternoon

It was shot using Agfacolor, and the credits of the film are placed before a backdrop of painted fronds instead of the sackcloth used in Ozu's films since A Story of Floating Weeds in 1934.

Ermeni Suleyman Pasha

After being demoted from the position of Grand Vizier, he was appointed as the governor of Bosnia then as kaymakam of Istanbul, Özü, then Istanbul and Erzurum again.

Gauge Change Train

From May to June 2003, the train was tested for the first time in Shikoku, running late at night on the Yosan Line between Sakaide Station and Matsuyama Station.

Hirota

Hirota, former village located in Iyo District, Ehime, Japan

IC e-card

Iyotetsu Bus; all the regular bus lines, including limousine buses to Matsuyama Airport and Matsuyama Port, a railway-transfer bus between Takahama Station and Matsuyama Port, but excluding a service by Setouchi Bus.

Japan National Route 441

National Route 441 is a national highway of Japan connecting Ōzu, Ehime and Shimanto, Kōchi in Japan, with a total length of 110.9 km (68.91 mi).

Matsuyama Declaration

Coordination Council of Matsuyama Declaration (Head of the secretariat is Gania Nishimura) was held in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, on July 18, 1999 and the draft of the Declaration was created.

RNB

Nankai Broadcasting (Radio Nankai Broadcasting), a broadcasting station in Ehime Prefecture, Japan

Takuji Yamashita

Takuji Yamashita (1874–1959), born in Yawatahama on Ehime, Shikoku, Japan, was a civil-rights campaigner.

Tatsuhisa Suzuki

Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Super Hero Taisen - Usada Lettuce, Shinji Kido/Kamen Rider Ryuki, Kai Ozu/Magi Red

Tomio Aoki

I Was Born, But... (1932), Passing Fancy (1933) and An Inn in Tokyo (1935) were three other Ozu films in which Aoki had notable roles.

Tran Anh Hung

Trần is strongly influenced by French cinema and from some European and Japanese filmmakers, namely Bergman, Bresson, Kurosawa, Tarkovsky and Ozu.

Ukena District, Iyo

Kamiukena District - Active (formerly included the parts of the current cities of Seiyo, Ōzu, and parts of the town of Uchiko in Kita District)

Woman of Tokyo

The reasons for this are unknown, although Ozu scholar Tony Rayns has suggested either Ozu or the studio were responsible, possibly to avoid the attentions of the censor.


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