Movies Remade by the Same Director

Ozu thought of himself as a tofu maker, because of the stylistic and thematic consistency of his films. Ozu actually called Floating Weeds a remake and I'd characterize it as having a less distinctly different flavor.

Good Morning has less serious themes than I Was Born But...; the boys go on a hunger strike for a TV set.

Setsuko Hara's character is a widowed mother, unlike in Late Spring where she is the daughter of a widowed father. Ozu made many films where the main plot is the father or mother marrying off his/her daughter.

An Autumn Afternoon is my favorite variation of this theme; it's his final film, and my third favorite Ozu film.

The remake is more satiric than the original. Evil Dead II remakes the first film in about the first 15 minutes.