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A profoundly stirring evocation of elemental humanity and universal heartbreak, <I>Tokyo Story</I> is the crowning achievement of the unparalleled Yasujiro Ozu. The film, which follows an aging couple’s journey to visit their grown children in bustling postwar Tokyo, surveys the rich and complex world of family life with the director’s customary delicacy and incisive perspective on social ...
Jun 15, 2020 · An introduction to Tokyo Story (2020, 26 mins): Asian-cinema expert Tony Rayns provides an introduction to Ozu's most acclaimed film; The Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (1941, 105 mins): following the death of her husband, Mrs Toda realises she has been left with sizeable debts and an extended family reluctant to support her
Mar 22, 2016 · A profoundly stirring evocation of elemental humanity and universal heartbreak, Tokyo Story is the crowning achievement of the unparalleled Yasujiro Ozu. The film, which follows an aging couple’s journey to visit their grown children in bustling postwar Tokyo, surveys the rich and complex world of family life with the director’s customary delicacy and incisive perspective on social mores.
Jul 19, 2010 · A constant fixture in critics polls, Yasujiro Ozu's most enduring masterpiece, Tokyo Story, is a beautifully nuanced exploration of fifial duty, expectations and regret. From the simple tale of an elderly husband and wife's visit to Tokyo to see their grown-up children, Ozu draws a compelling contrast between the measured dignity of age and the hurried insensitivity of a younger generation.
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Nov 3, 2004 · 217 Tokyo Story. Discuss releases by Criterion and the films on them. Threads may contain spoilers!
Apr 26, 2015 · Picture 7/10. Leo McCarey’s Make Way for Tomorrow receives a Blu-ray upgrade from Criterion. The film is again presented in its original aspect ratio of about 1.33:1 and is carried on a dual-layer disc. The same high-definition master used for the DVD (taken from a transfer of a 35mm fine-grain master positive) appears to have also been used ...
Apr 26, 2012 · Picture 6/10. Criterion upgrades their DVD edition of Yasujiro Ozu’s Late Spring to Blu-ray, presenting the film again in its original aspect ratio of 1.33:1 on a dual-layer disc in a new 1080p/24hz transfer. Like a lot of Ozu’s older films (and most films I’ve come across from the Shochiku library) the source materials are a limiting ...
An introduction to Tokyo Story (2020, 26 mins): Asian-cinema expert Tony Rayns provides an introduction to Ozu's most acclaimed film The Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (1941, 105 mins): following the death of her husband, Mrs Toda realises she has been left with sizeable debts and an extended family reluctant to support her Talking with Ozu (1993, 40 mins): a tribute to the legendary ...
Sep 26, 2022 · The early portions of the film have the look of a very dated master but once the story shifts to Tokyo after a key character moves there, the image ends up looking significantly cleaner with a nicer, if imperfect, film texture to it (with a handful of shots looking really sharp!) only to then suddenly shift back to that rougher look from before and then back again.
Audio commentary featuring Yasujiro Ozu scholar David Desser, editor of Ozu’s “Tokyo Story” I Lived, But . . ., a two-hour documentary from 1983 about Ozu’s life and career, featuring interviews with critics and former cast and crew members Talking with Ozu, a forty-minute tribute to the director from 1993, featuring the reflections of filmmakers Lindsay Anderson, Claire Denis, Hou ...
