Eric Takabayashi wrote:

> > Have you seen films of Kurosawa, Ozu, Itami, Kobayashi?
>
> Kurosawa is the only name I recognize as having seen.

Oh, sorry. That Itami. Juzo Itami is a modern favorite of mine, though his stuff that
I liked was released about 15 years ago. And I generally do not choose or note movies
for their directors.