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'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 English subtitles. Read more

Starring	Chishu Ryu, Setsuko Hara, Chieko Higashiyama
Director	Yasujiro Ozu
Genres	Drama, World Cinema

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- Ozu's best known (because most widely distributed) movie is a very characteristic study of the emotional strains... read more on Time Out
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  Poignant story of a father and daughter.
  
  Yasujiro Ozu was fascinated by the effect of change in the lives of ordinary people. The Noriko trilogy is films devoted to this subject, comprising Late Spring... read more »
  
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  - Jennifer Carruthers
  - Gloucestershire, England
  - 16 Feb 2005 at 17:28
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  Superb, poignant film. Highly recommend.
  
  This is a humane, poignant and beautiful film.
  
  An elderly couple travel a long way from their village to visit their grown-up children in Tokyo.read more »
  
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  - Bideford
  - 15 Mar 2011 at 17:13
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  Enjoyable period film
  
  Not action packed but a very interesting period film which despite being low key is very enjoyable and also interesting to see life in post war japan
  
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  - london
  - 11 Feb 2011 at 08:08
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  Slow but True
  
  At one level very little happens. At another this is marking a huge sea change that occurred in many lives as the generations and the relationships between them... read more »
  
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- - FGRTommo
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  - Stroud
  - 01 Dec 2010 at 20:38
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  Yasujiro Ozu
  
  An intelligent review would be painfully long; these are great films - how did I miss them for the last 50 years or so? Never mind poor quality in the copies, ... read more »
  
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- - Nigel Wilson
  - Helmsley, North Riding of Yorkshire
  - 27 Oct 2010 at 09:42
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  Sad but true
  
  This is reckoned to be Ozu’s “best” film. It’s certainly more “incident-packed” than some others I’ve seen. Everything is ... read more »
  
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- - OldTom
  - 48 reviews
  - Berkhamsted
  - 27 Sep 2010 at 11:38
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  Masterpiece
  
  This is a wonderful film. It may seem slow, but it is well worth persisting with it.
  
  The director doesn't force his views on the audience. ... read more »
  
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  - Dudley, England
  - 26 Aug 2010 at 15:51
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  Amazing and Refreshing
  
  I put off watching this DVD as I feared it. In fact, it is beautiful, moving, witty, and understated. What a welcome relief from things like Casino Royale. ... read more »
  
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- - Bill Davy
  - Cheltenham, England
  - 29 Jan 2010 at 09:32
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  Tokyo Story
  
  A beautiful, sometimes stagy film, a slow and simple tale concerning the way children grow apart from their parents, and how the rush of post-war Tokyo ... read more »
  
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- - Nootlin
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  - London
  - 14 Jan 2010 at 09:29
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  Late Spring - Noh Performance
  
  The dialogue-free sequence at the Noh theatre in Late Spring is my favourite sequence in all cinema, where the 3 actors Chishû Ryû, Setsuko Hara and... read more »
  
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- - andrewdsmith
  - 6 reviews
  - Banbury, England
  - 16 Nov 2009 at 01:26
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  zzzzzzzzzz
  
  boring boring boring. agonisingly dull and slow.
  
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- - 29
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  Poignant story of a father and daughter.
  
  Yasujiro Ozu was fascinated by the effect of change in the lives of ordinary people. The Noriko trilogy is films devoted to this subject, comprising Late Spring... read more »
  
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  - Jennifer Carruthers
  - Gloucestershire, England
  - 16 Feb 2005 at 17:28
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  It might be very old but it's very good
  
  Made in the early 50's, this movie is about the visit of two elderly parents to their children who have moved away to Tokyo. Despite its age, the film has ... read more »
  
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- - deckboy
  - the North
  - 09 Feb 2005 at 10:31
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  Wonderful
  
  This film was so true to life. At first I was dubious because of its age, but it is refreshingly indiviual and true to life. It is fascinating to see Tokyo in ... read more »
  
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  - Liverpool
  - 21 Mar 2005 at 21:34
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  One of the best in world cinema
  
  It may not be easy for us westerners to get into this movie, but the effort must be made. It is, well, very Japanese and feels completely true and authentic to ... read more »
  
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- - Zamy
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  - London
  - 06 Jul 2005 at 15:43
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  Comparisons can be odious
  
  It is tempting to compare the late 'family' films that Ozu made towards the end of his career. They are filmed very much in the same style: camera 3 ... read more »
  
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  - 10 Jun 2005 at 14:50
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  Wonderful Film
  
  There is a plot, red herrings, even suspense, and things happen, but the story is told through some long scenes/ takes in which nothing seems to progress, or ... read more »
  
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  - London, England
  - 09 Aug 2005 at 10:39
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  Great Japanese melodrama
  
  Set in post-war Japan, an elderly couple travel to Tokyo to visit their sons, daughters and grandchildren and meet with indifference, disappointment and ... read more »
  
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  - St Helens
  - 07 Aug 2005 at 16:08
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  Lovely film
  
  I know nothing of Japanese family life in the early 1950's. This film seems to be so full of real people and their everyday concerns that I believed every ... read more »
  
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- - Zamy
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  - London
  - 02 Jun 2005 at 11:20
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  slow and steady with charm
  
  Similarly to Late Spring a family is concerned that their 28 year old daughter is still single and again it has a slight feel of a Ministry of Information film ... read more »
  
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  - 17 Feb 2005 at 11:34
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  Amazing and Refreshing
  
  I put off watching this DVD as I feared it. In fact, it is beautiful, moving, witty, and understated. What a welcome relief from things like Casino Royale. ... read more »
  
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- 854897
- - Bill Davy
  - Cheltenham, England
  - 29 Jan 2010 at 09:32

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