Tokyo story
Title:
Tokyo story
Alternate title:
Original Japanese title: Tōkyō monogatari
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Series:
Series Number:
217.
Summary:
A self-centered couple is inconvenienced by a parental visit. When the mother falls ill, her children hasten to be with her.
General Note:
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.
Edition:
Two-DVD special edition. Second printing 2016
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (136 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 fold-out insert.
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Author(s):
Publisher:
The Criterion Collection,
Publication Date:
2013
1953
ISBN:
9781681431277
Publication Information:
[Irvington, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2013]
©1953
Award Note:
British Film Institute Awards, 1958: Sutherland Trophy (Yasujirō Ozu)
Mainichi Film Concours, 1954: Best Supporting Actress (Haruko Sugimura)
Call Number:
DVD TOKYO