Tokyo story
(Blu-ray)

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Contributors
Ozu, Yasujirō, 1903-1963, screenwriter,
Noda, Kōgo, 1893-1968, screenwriter.
Yamamoto, Takeshi, 1908-1972, film producer.
Hara, Setsuko, 1920-2015, actor.
Ryū, Chishū, 1904-1993, actor,
Published
[Irvington, NY] : The Criterion Collection, [2016].
ISBN
9781681431260, 1681431262
Status
On Shelf
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Subjects

LC Subjects
Aging parents -- Japan -- Onomichi-shi -- Drama.
Conflict of generations -- Japan -- Drama.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Parent and child -- Japan -- Drama.
Video recordings.

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Published
[Irvington, NY] : The Criterion Collection, [2016].
Format
Blu-ray
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray disc (approximately 136 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert.
Language
Japanese
ISBN
9781681431260, 1681431262
UPC
715515172318

Notes

General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1953.
General Note
Special features: Commentary (featuring Yasujiro Ozu scholar David Desser); Talking with Ozu (a forty-minute tribute to the director from 1993, featuring filmmakers Stanley Kwan, Aki Kaurismäki, Claire Denis, Lindsay Anderson, Paul Schrader, Wim Wenders, and Hou Hsiao-hsien); Trailer; I lived but ... (a two-hour documentary from 1983 about Ozu's live and career, featuring interviews with actors Chishu Ryu, Mariko Okada, and Haruko Sugimura, filmmaker Shohei Imamura, critics Donald Richie and Tadao Sato); Chishu Ryu and Shochiku's Ofuna Studio (a forty-five-minute documentary from 1988 about actor Chishu Ryu's sixty-year career with Shochiku and the work he did at its Ofuna Studio); new digital restoration from a 4k film transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; new English subtitle translation; PLUS: an essay by critic David Bordwell.
Creation/Production Credits
Cinematography by Yuharu Atsuta ; art direction by Tatsuo Hamada ; music by Takanobu Saitō ; edited by Yoshiyasu Hamamura.
Participants/Performers
Setsuko Hara, Chishu Ryu, Chieko Higashiyama, Haruko Sugimura, So Yamamura, Kuniko Miyake, Kyoko Kagawa, Eijiro Tono, Nobuo Nakamura, Shiro Osaka, Hisao Toake, Teruko Nagaoka.
Description
A self-centered couple is inconvenienced by a parental visit. When the mother falls ill, her children hasten to be with her.
Target Audience
Rating: Not rated.
System Details
Blu-ray; NTSC; region A; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; monaural; Dolby Digital; requires Blu-ray player.
Language
Japanese dialogue; with English subtitles.
Local note
BLU-RAY

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Ozu, Y., Noda, K., Yamamoto, T., Hara, S., Ryū, C., Higashiyama, C., Sugimura, H., Yamamura, S., Miyake, K., Kagawa, K., Tōno, E., Nakamura, N., Ōsaka, S., Toake, H., Nagaoka, T., Atsuta, Y., Hamada, T., Saitō, T., Hamamura, Y., Desser, D., Kwan, S., Kaurismäki, A., Denis, C., Anderson, L., Schrader, P., Wenders, W., Hou, X., Okada, M., Imamura, S., Richie, D., Satō, T., & Bordwell, D. (2016). Tokyo story (Blu-ray.). The Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Yasujirō Ozu et al.. 2016. Tokyo Story. [Irvington, NY]: The Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Yasujirō Ozu et al.. Tokyo Story [Irvington, NY]: The Criterion Collection, 2016.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Ozu, Y., Noda, K., Yamamoto, T., Hara, S., Ryū, C., Higashiyama, C. and Sugimura, H. et al (2016). Tokyo story. Blu-ray. [Irvington, NY]: The Criterion Collection.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Ozu, Yasujirō, et al. Tokyo Story Blu-ray., The Criterion Collection, 2016.

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