Tokyo Story

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Call Number: Blu-ray FLC-JPN Tokyo
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Traverwood Branch

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Downtown 1st Floor 1-week checkout	Blu-ray FLC-JPN Tokyo	1-week checkout	On Shelf
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Malletts Adult A/V 1-week checkout	Blu-ray FLC-JPN Tokyo	1-week checkout	Due 04-27-2024

Originally released as a motion picture in 1953.
Special features include: Audio commentary by David Desser ; original theatrical trailer ; Ikite wa mita keredo = I lived, but-- (1983 documentary about Ozu directed by Kazuo Inoue, 2 hrs.) ; Talking with Ozu (1993 tribute to the director, 40 min.) ; essay by David Bordwell.
Setsuko Hara, Chishu Ryu, Chieko Higashiyama, Haruko Sugimura, So Yamamura, Kuniko Miyake, Kyoko Kagawa, Eijiro Tono, Nobuo Nakamura, Shiro Osaka, Hisao Toake, Teruko Nagaoka.
Tokyo Story follows an aging couple, Tomi and Sukichi, on their journey from their rural village to visit their two married children in bustling, post-war Tokyo. Their reception is disappointing: too busy to entertain them, their children send them off to a health spa. After Tomi falls ill she and Sukichi return home, while the children, grief-stricken, hasten to be with her.
Blu-ray.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Master Strokes submitted by whoisdonald on June 16, 2014, 8:08pm Ozu strikes clean notes throughout this film, which on the surface seems simple and bittersweet, yet delivers a strong critique and commentary on generational issues of Japan in the 1950s.

The most Ozu-esque Ozu submitted by rossorr on October 18, 2017, 9:57pm I respect this film's deserved, epic reputation. But if you've never seen ANY film by Ozu, the length and melodrama of this one may make it a challenging place to start. His 1959 'Floating Weeds' is a bit more accessible, and my personal fave is 'Early Spring' —which as a bonus has an Ozu tribute feature by Wim Wenders which is a beautiful film in its own right.

Also if you already love 'Tokyo Story' but don't know Leo McCarey’s film 'Make Way for Tomorrow' please check it out.