The Japan Times reports on digital restorations of Yasujiro Ozu classics debuting throughout the year, starting this week:

The restored “An Autumn Afternoon” will be screened for the first time at the Cannes International Film Festival starting Wednesday, while the refurbished version of “Equinox Flower” will be shown at the Venice Film Festival later this year, the studio said.

A special Ozu series will start June 22 at the Cine Nouveau theater in Osaka, while all of his works will be screened at the Jimbocho Theater in Tokyo starting Nov. 23.

Ozu, who directed “Tokyo Story” and other classics, was born Dec. 12, 1903, and died on his 60th birthday in 1963.

Events are also planned at places where some of his movies were shot, including Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, and Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture.

These "new" restorations are likely the same as the ones already on Blu-ray from the BFI (like the aforementioned Equinox Flower and An Autmn Afternoon).

"Discovering Ozu" returns as early as this weekend, alongside multiple new "Soderberghopolis" (in the lead-up to Behind the Canelabra hitting HBO), and some new longform pieces debuting over the next two weeks.