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How to pronounce your favorite director’s name

Ozu == OH zoo

Naruse == NAH rue seh (Nah being the accented syllable)

Mizoguchi == mih ZOE guh chee (or -- also heard -- mih ZOHg chee) not MIH zoe GOO chee (as we say in the US)

Kurosawa == kuh ROE sah wah (not KOO roe SAH wuh)

Miyazaki == mee YAH zah kee (not MEE yuh ZAH kee)

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Pay-dro Al-Moe-doh-bar

Pe (Like Penn minus the nn) -dr (like drop without the op) o (like oh but without the u sound at the end)

You can say it like Pay-dro Al-Moe-doh-bar and it would be fine, but to get the correct sounds the syllables are the same but it's a bit more difficult.

Pe (Like Penn minus the nn) -dr (like drop without the op) o (like oh but without the u sound at the end)

Al (like Ahh then an L sound like leech but just the L sound) -mo (like moe but without the last u sound) -do (like door without the r sound) -ba (like scuba but just the ba sound at the end) r (just a medium arr sound)