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The Ozu Collection - Three Melodramas

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Please note that this rental is sent with two discs in one sleeve

Triple bill of dramas from Japanese writer-director Yasujirô Ozu. In 'Tokyo Twilight' (1957) graduate Akiko Sugiyama (Ineko Arima) is looking for her boyfriend, Kenji (Masami Taura), with whom she has a troubled relationship, when she meets a woman she believes may be her long-lost mother. Akiko's older sister, Takako (Setsuko Hara), tries to protect her from finding out about how their mother abandoned them but Akiko soon learns the truth with tragic consequences. In 'Woman of Tokyo' (1933) Chikako (Yoshiko Okada) works day and night to pay for her young brother, Ryoichi (Ureo Egawa)'s, university expenses. As the wage from her office job does not cover the costs, Chikako also works as a prostitute during the night, which Ryoichi is unaware of. When his girlfriend, whose brother is a policeman, finds out about Chikako's double life the situation spirals out of control. In 'Early Spring' (1956) office worker Shoji Sugiyama (Ryô Ikebe) is bored with his marriage to Masako (Chikage Awashima) and embarks on an affair with flirtatious colleague Kaneko (Keiko Kishi). Will Shoji be able to repair the damage he has done when Masako eventually finds out?

The Ozu Collection - Three Melodramas details

Format:	PG DVD
Starring:	Chishu Ryu, Setsuko Hara, Ineko Arima
Director:	Yasujiro Ozu
Genre:	World Cinema - Japanese
Studio:	BFI VIDEO

DVD 1 disc

Name	Discs
The Ozu Collection - Three Melodramas	PG Feature

DVD Information

Run time:	5 hours 10 minutes
Rental release:	18 Jun 2012
Main languages:	Japanese
Subtitles:	English

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IT`S OZU•IT`S HEARTBREAKING•IT`S BRILLIANT

By a customer , 03 Oct 2012

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Because so many of Ozu`s films deal with the middle class family he`s often stereotyped as a purveyor of cosy domestic dramas when they all differ in treatment and deal with individual social and cultural decay

These films do not contain excessive emotional exposition• In fact the grim and disturbing tone is closer to horror movies {especially Tokyo Twilight}• Any dramatic action takes place off stage but it`s the dramatic implications which are enacted in each viewer`s brain that are so potent•••Transitional existence••Youth with no prospects whatsoever•• Older generations looking back in despair and failure ••society slowly crumbling as community spirit atomises into individual selfishness and delusion

The acting is exceptional and the direction as usual is on a level way beyond any other director
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IT`S OZU•IT`S HEARTBREAKING•IT`S BRILLIANT

By a customer , 03 Oct 2012

Because so many of Ozu`s films deal with the middle class family he`s often stereotyped as a purveyor of cosy domestic dramas when they all differ in treatment and deal with individual social and cultural decay

These films do not contain excessive emotional exposition• In fact the grim and disturbing tone is closer to horror movies {especially Tokyo Twilight}• Any dramatic action takes place off stage but it`s the dramatic implications which are enacted in each viewer`s brain that are so potent•••Transitional existence••Youth with no prospects whatsoever•• Older generations looking back in despair and failure ••society slowly crumbling as community spirit atomises into individual selfishness and delusion

The acting is exceptional and the direction as usual is on a level way beyond any other director
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