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Tokyo Story - Criterion Collection

starring: Chishu Ryu, Chieko Higashiyama, SĂ´ Yamamura, Setsuko Hara, Haruko Sugimura
directed by: Kazuo Inoue, Yasujiro Ozu

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780780027657
Format: Black & White, Color, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Subtitled, NTSC
ISBN: 0780027655
Label: Criterion
Manufacturer: Criterion
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Criterion
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 28, 2003
Running Time: 136 minutes
Sales Rank: 23103
Studio: Criterion
Theatrical Release Date: 1953



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Description:
Yasujiro Ozu's Tokyo Story (Tokyo Monogatari) 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, however, 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. From a simple tale unfolds one of the greatest of all Japanese films. Starring Ozu regulars Chishu Ryu and Setsuko Hara, the film reprises one of the director's favorite themes—that of generational conflict—in a way that is quintessentially Japanese and yet so universal in its appeal that it continues to resonate as one of cinema’s greatest masterpieces.



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