Sayonara, Ozu Sensei (2001)

Sayonara, Ozu Sensei 2001 / さよなら、小津先生 2001 / Goodbye Mr Ozu

It was after Ozu passed 50, that he met his first major challenge in life. While working as the branch manager of his bank in New York, Ozu was given an order to do some deals that went over and above the law. He was later caught for being involved in those dealings and was arrested. After being released from prison, Ozu returned back to Japan to find that everything he worked for all his life had been lost: his job, his reputation, his family, and all of his possessions. All that he had left were expensive suits and the label of being an ex-convict. Ozu gets hired to be a temporary teacher at a private high school in Tokyo. There is a major problem though...he hates kids. Actually, the problem is worse than that, he hates people. He has come to not be able to trust people anymore, so he doesn't even see them as people. Which pretty much makes teaching anything to anyone out of the question. To make things worse, the kids at the school have lost all of their ambition. This teacher can't teach children, and he can't be taught. This story is depicted with a comedic touch, as Ozu and the students go through some violent, yet funny times on the way to his learning some valuable lessons from them. (Source: Fuji TV)