Tōkyō monogatari [videorecording] = Tokyo story / the Criterion Collection ; Janus Films ; a Shochiku production ; directed by Yasujiro Ozu ; screenplay by Kogo Noda and Yasujiro Ozu.

0780027655

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, 2003.

Japanese

In Japanese with optional English subtitles.

2 videodiscs (136 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

037429183922

PN1997 .T659 2003

791.45

TOK070 Criterion Collection

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.

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.

Photography, Yuharu Atsuka ; art direction, Tatsuo Hamada.

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

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

DVD.

Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 217.
Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.)

Ikite wa mita keredo.
Talking with Ozu.

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