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Tokyo Story - Tokyo monogatari (1953)
IMDb Rating 8.1
Front Cover Actor Back Cover
Chishu Ryu Shukishi Hirayama
Chieko Higashiyama Tomi Hirayama
Setsuko Hara Noriko
Haruko Sugimura Shige Kaneko
Sô Yamamura Same per
Kuniko Miyake Fumiko
Kyôko Kagawa Kyoko
Eijirô Tono Sanpei Numata
Nobuo Nakamura Kurazo Kaneko
Shirô Osaka Osako, Shiro
Plot
An elderly couple journey to Tokyo to visit their children and are confronted by indifference, ingratitude and selfishness...
Movie Details
Genre Drama; Foreign
Director Yasujiro Ozu; Kazuo Inoue
Producer Takeshi Yamamoto
Writer Kôgo Noda; Yasujiro Ozu
Studio Criterion
Country Japan
Language Japanese
Audience Rating G
Running Time 135 mins
Movie Release Date 11/3/1953
Color Color
Personal Details
Format DVD
Seen It Yes
Index 626
Collection Status In Collection
Purchase Date 5/19/2006
Product Details
Edition Criterion Collection
Region Region
Screen Ratio 1.33:1
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
UPC (Barcode) 037429183922
Chapters 27
Release Date 10/28/2003
Subtitles English
Packaging Custom Case
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono
Nr of Disks/Tapes 2
Extra Features
Disc One
Audio Commentary by Ozu-Film Scholar David Desser, Editor of Ozu's Tokyo Story, a Compilation of Writings and Reviews About the Film
Original Theatrical Trailer

Disc Two
I Lived But... (1983), a Two-Hour Documentary About the Life and Career of Ozu, Featuring Former Assistant Shohei Imamura, Critics Donald Richie and Tadao Sato, Actors Chishu Ryu, Mariko Okada, Haruko Sugimora, and Many Others.
Talking With Ozu (1993), a 40-minute Tribute to Ozu Featuring Reflections from Directors Stanley Kwan, Aki Kaurismaki, Claire Denis, Lindsay Anderson, Paul Schrader, Wim Wenders, and Hou Hsiao-hsien
New Essay by David Bordwell, Author of Ozu and the Poetics of Cinema
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