I forgot to mention his name.., Ozu.., check him out and look very carefully, he has an interesting sense of humour and has also recorded daily life in japan in the 50-60s, amongst so much more; never moves the camera (yes no tracking), always uses a 50 mmm lens, similar to our own focal length (yes I know each eye is around 28mm focal length, but I figure you combine them and..' some of his 'characters' are innate, such as a lamp shade or a kettle, one gets to travel through the story via the movement of the kettle from situation to situation.., probably he is most famous for using objects to orientate the viewer to the layout of the village, town, city, eg, a flag might be shown in the distance and hen later in the movie there will be a close up, ect, that way the viewer knows exactly where they are in the layout of the village, city, house.

one movie you should see before you die is 'Tokyo Story.'

the symbol on the grave translates to something roughly like 'empty'.., yes, as in the martial art, 'empty mind.'