Tokyo story

Tokyo story = Tōkyō monogatari

東京物語 = Tokyo story /

DVD - 2013

A self-centered couple is inconvenienced by a parental visit. When the mother falls ill, her children hasten to be with her.

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Subjects
Parent and adult child > Japan > Drama.
Mothers > Health > Japan > Drama.
Aging parents > Japan > Onomichi-shi > Drama.
Conflict of generations > Japan > Drama.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genres
Fiction films
Feature films
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
[Irvington, New York] : The Criterion Collection [2013]
Language
Japanese
English
Corporate Authors
Janus Films, Shōchiku Kabushiki Kaisha, 松竹キネマ株式会社
Corporate Authors
Janus Films (production company), Shōchiku Kabushiki Kaisha, 松竹キネマ株式会社
Other Authors
Yasujirō Ozu, 1903-1963 (screenwriter), Kōgo Noda, 1893-1968 (film producer), Takeshi Yamamoto, 1908-1972 (actor), Setsuko Hara, 1920-2015, Chishū Ryū, 1904-1993, Chieko Higashiyama, 1890-1980, Haruko Sugimura, 1909-1997, Sō Yamamura, 1910-2000, Kuniko Miyake, KyMko Kagawa, Eijirō Tōno, 1907-1994, Nobuo Nakamura, 1908-1991, ShirM Lsaka, Hisao Toake, 1908-1985, Teruko Nagaoka, 1908-2010
Edition
Two-DVD special edition ; DVD edition ; full screen
Item Description
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1953.
Special features: New digital restoration from a 4K film transfer. Disc 1: Commentary (featuring David Desser, editor of Ozu's "Tokyo Story"); Talking with Ozu (created by Shochiku to commemorate the ninetieth anniversary of director Yasujiro Ozu's birth, this 1993 documentary features filmmakers Stanley Kwan, Aki Kaurismäki, Claire Denis, Lindsay Anderson, Paul Schrader, Wim Wenders, and Hou Hsiao-hsien reflecting on the importance of Ozu and his films); Trailer. Disc 2: I lived, but... (1983 documentary directed by Kazuo Inoue, features interviews with actors Chishu Ryu, Mariko Okada, and Haruko Sugimura; filmmaker Shohei Imamura, director Yasujiro Ozu's former assistant; critics Donald Richie and Tadao Sato; and others); Chishu Ryu and Shochiku's Ofuna Studio (45 min. documentary from 1988 looks at actor Chishu Ryu's sixty-year career with Shochiku and the work he did at its Ofuna Studio, including his many celebrated roles in the films of Yasujiro Ozu). Booklet features an essay by critic David Bordwell.
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (136 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
Format
DVD; NTSC, region 1; monaural; Dolby digital; 1.33:1 aspect ratio.
Production Credits
Cinematography by Yuharu Atsuta ; art direction by Tatsuo Hamada ; music by Takanobu Saito ; edited by Yoshiyasu Hamamura.
ISBN
9781681431277
Contents unavailable.
Review by Library Journal Review

Generations apart come together in postwar -Japan.-Bette-Lee Fox (c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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