'Tokyo Story' is a depiction of life's disappointments and frustrations told through the eyes of an ageing couple who go to visit their grown-up son and daughter in Tokyo. Japanese dialogue with ... Read more
Features two Yasujiro Ozu films. 'Record Of A Tenement Gentleman' tells the story of a young boy who, abandoned by his father, strikes up a friendship with a local widower. In 'Flavour Of Green Tea ... Read more
This 1959 Ozu production centers on the likable but fallible leader of an itinerant acting troupe (floating weeds being the Japanese name for such groups), Kimajuro, played brilliantly by Ganjiro ... Read more
As the families traditional sake business begins to suffers in the face of competition from a increasingly industrialised post-war Japan; the head of the family, Manbei, meets an old flame and ... Read more
Three features. In 'Tokyo Twilight' two sisters find their long-lost mother living in the family home with another man. Also includes 'Equinox Flower' and 'Good Morning'.
Ayako Miwa (Yoko Tsukasa) gives up thoughts of marriage in order to care for her widowed mother Akiko (Setsuko Hara). However, Akiko wishes her daughter to marry even though she will be left alone ... Read more
Late Autumn (aka: Akibiyori): Ayako Miwa (Yoko Tsukasa) gives up thoughts of marriage in order to care for her widowed mother Akiko (Setsuko Hara). However, Akiko wishes her daughter to marry even ... Read more
Widower Shuhei Hirayama (Chishu Ryu) gradually comes to realize that his 24 year-old daughter should not be obliged to look after him for the rest of his life and so prepares to arrange a marriage ... Read more
GOOD MORNING is an update on his earlier silent film I WAS BORN, BUT...(1932), focusing on the impact of western culture and the decline of traditional values amongst the youth of post war Japan. it ... Read more