Tokyo Story (DVD, 2016)

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Yasujiro Ozu directs this 1950s Japanese drama that explores ageing, mortality and intergenerational tensions. When elderly couple Tomi and Shukichi Hirayama (Chieko Higashiyama and Chishu Ryu) travel from their rural village home to visit their married son and daughter in Tokyo, their reception is disappointing. Met with impatience and selfish indifference by their children and their grandchildren, they are soon packed off to a spa - but when Tomi falls ill, her descendants are forced to re-evaluate their priorities.

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A poignant depiction of life's disappointments and frustrations told through the story of an ageing couple who go to visit their grown-up son and daughter in Tokyo. Japanese dialogue with English subtitles.

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EAN5035673020944
eBay Product ID (ePID)17048555553

Product Key Features

ActorChieko Higashiyama, Setsuko Hara, Chishu Ryu
Film/TV TitleTokyo Story
DirectorYasujiro Ozu
LanguageJapanese
Subtitle LanguageEnglish
Run Time140 Mins
Release Year2016
FormatDVD
FeaturesStandard Definition and High Definition presentations of Tokyo Story (DVD & Blu-ray)\Ozu's rare Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (1941, 100 mins, DVD only)\Fully illustrated booklet features newly commissioned essay by Professor Joan Mellen and director biography by Tony Rayns\New and improved English subtitles, With Subtitles
GenreDrama, General

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1
CertificateU
Country/Region of ManufactureJapan
ComposerTakanobu Saito, Kojun Saito
Additional InformationYasujiro Ozu's most widely distributed and best-known film presents the story of an elderly couple in post World War II Japan who come to Tokyo to visit their various children and realise that the family has essentially fallen apart. The couple is received coldly by their two modernized children and only their widowed daughter-in-law seems glad to see them. The children shuttle their aging parents off to a health spa in an attempt to get them out of the way. They learn later that the mother has fallen ill upon her return and arrive too late to say their good-byes.
ScreenwriterKogo Noda, Yasujiro Ozu
CinematographerYuharu Atsuta, Yushun Atsuta
Sound sourceDolby Digital
EditorYoshiyasu Hamamura
Movie/TV TitleTokyo Story
Consumer AdviceContains no material likely to offend or harm

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    One of the great films of all time, very enjoyable, fair price of a new film.

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