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Summary:

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.

Contributors:

Miyake, Kuniko

Nagaoka, Teruko, 1908-2010

Toake, Hisao

Osaka, Shiro

Nakamura, Nobuo, 1908-1991

Tōno, Eijirō, 1907-1994

Ozu, Yasujirō, 1903-1963

Noda, Kōgo, 1893-1968

Ryū, Chishū, 1904-1993

Higashiyama, Chieko, 1890-1980

Yamamura, Sō, 1910-2000

Sugimura, Haruko, 1909-1997

Hara, Setsuko, 1920-2015

Atsuka, Yuharu

Saito, Kojun

Kagawa, Kyōko

Inoue, Kazuo, 1924-2011

Criterion Collection (Firm)

Janus Films

Shōchiku Kabushiki Kaisha

Languages:

Japanese
English

Language Notes:

In Japanese with optional English subtitles.

Included Works:

Ikite wa mita keredo

Talking with Ozu

Related Works:

Tōkyō monogatari (Motion picture)

Other Related Resources:

Early summer

Related Series:

Criterion collection; [volume] 217

Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.)

Alternate Titles:

Title translation: Tokyo story

Subjects:

Aging parents — Japan — Drama

Parent and child — Japan — Drama

Conflict of generations — Japan — Drama

Japanese language films

Aging parents

Parent and child

Conflict of generations

Japan

Genres:

Feature films

Feature films — Japan

Foreign language films

Drama

System Details:

DVD.

Performers:

Cast: Setsuko Hara, Chishu Ryu, Chieko Higashiyama, Haruko Sugimura, So Yamamura, Kuniko Miyake, Kyoko Kagawa, Eijiro Tono, Nobuo Nakamura, Shiro Osaka, Hisao Toake, Teruko Nagaoka.

Production Credits:

Directed by Yasujiro Ozu; Music by Kojun Saito; Photography, Yuharu Atsuka ; art direction, Tatsuo Hamada.

General Notes:

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.
Credits from English subtitles.

Physical Description:

2 videodiscs (136 min.) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; monochrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; region 1

Call Numbers:

TOK 1953 DVD

ISBNs:

0780027655

Other Standard Numbers:

Publisher Number, Criterion Collection: TOK070

OCLC Numbers:

731222771
53315956 [Invalid]