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Tokyo Story (1953) | User Rating
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Original title: Tokyo monogatari
DVD Release Date
• R1: Oct 28, 2003
• R2: 6 Dec 2004
Running Time
2 hours, 16 minutes
Country Japan
More info on IMDb.com
Other Titles
• Tokyo Story (1964)
• Tokyo monogatari
• Die Reise nach Tokio (1953)
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Genre: Drama, Culture Clash, Doctor
Plot: The Japanese family’s transformation by modern, Western culture formed the core theme of director Ozu's work, and this motif is crystallized in an exquisite, intimate story of alienation and reconciliation in TOKYO STORY. An aging couple, living in retirement in rural Japan, decide to visit their married children in the bustling metropolis of post-war Tokyo. But once they arrive, they find that the children no longer have room for them in their busy lives. Shuffling their parents back and forth between each of their houses the couple is eventually shipped off to a health spa. Only the couple's daughter-in-law, widow of their son who died in the war, shows them any kindness. The parents return home lonely and disillusioned, and the mother soon falls sick. The children arrive too late, and have lost their chance to make any reconciliation. The patterns of movement, dialogue and nature combine with a scrupulous attention to character under Ozu’s masterful eye and create a subtle yet overwhelmingly emotional drama.
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