Tokyo story / the Criterion Collection ; Janus Films ; a Shochiku production ; directed by Yasujiro Ozu ; screenplay by Kogo Noda and Yasujiro Ozu.

Format Video (DVD)
Publication Info[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, ©2003.
Description2 videodiscs (136 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide ([8] pages : illustrations)
Subjects
DVD-Video discs.
Aging parents--Japan. --Drama.
Parent and child--Japan. --Drama.
Conflict of generations--Japan. --Drama.

Other author/creatorOzu, Yasujirō, 1903-1963 director, screenwriter.
Other author/creatorNoda, Kōgo, 1893-1968 screenwriter.
Other author/creatorHara, Setsuko, 1920-2015 actor.
Other author/creatorRyū, Chishū, 1904-1993 actor.
Other author/creatorHigashiyama, Chieko, 1890-1980 actor.
Other author/creatorSugimura, Haruko, 1909-1997 actor.
Other author/creatorYamamura, Sō, 1910-2000 actor.
Other author/creatorKagawa, Kyōko actor.
Other author/creatorŌsaka, Shirō, actor.
Other author/creatorCriterion Collection (Firm)
Other author/creatorJanus Films.
Other author/creatorShōchiku Kabushiki Kaisha.
Parallel title Tōkyō monogatari
Variant title Title on container: Yasujiro Ozu's Tokyo story
SeriesCriterion collection ; 217
Classic collection
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 217. ^A506835
Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.) ^A490524
Contents Opening credits -- Preparations -- Arrival in Tokyo -- Noriko -- Catching up -- A change in schedule -- Shige enlists Noriko's help -- Sight seeing in Tokyo -- The children make plans -- Atami hot springs -- An early return -- Shukichi & Tomi part -- Shukichi's night out -- Tomi stays with Noriko -- Shukichi returns to Noriko's house -- Noriko says goodbye -- The children see their parents off -- A temporary stay in Osaka -- The children prepare to visit -- Tomi's condition worsens -- The family gathers in Onomichi -- Keizo arrives late -- Funeral -- A final dinner together -- Farewells -- "I'd have been kinder to her" -- Color bars.
Abstract Tokyo Story follows an aging couple, Tomi and Sukichi, on their journey from their rural village to visit their two married children in bustling, post-war Tokyo. Their reception is disappointing: too busy to entertain them, their children send them off to a health spa. After Tomi falls ill she and Sukichi return home, while the children, grief-stricken, hasten to be with her.
General noteOriginally released as a motion picture in 1953.
General noteCredits from English subtitles.
General noteSpecial features: Disc one: Audio commentary by David Desser -- original theatrical trailer ; Disc two: Ikite wa mita keredo [= I lived, but--] (1983 documentary about Ozu directed by Kazuo Inoue, 2 hrs.) -- Talking with Ozu (1993 tribute to the director, 40 min.) ; Insert features essay by David Bordwell.
CreditsPhotography, Yuharu Atsuka ; art direction, Tatsuo Hamada.
Cast Setsuko Hara, Chishu Ryu, Chieko Higashiyama, Haruko Sugimura, So Yamamura, Kuniko Miyake, Kyoko Kagawa, Eijiro Tono, Nobuo Nakamura, Shiro Osaka, Hisao Toake, Teruko Nagaoka.
Technical detailsDVD.
LanguageIn Japanese with optional English subtitles.
Genre/formFeature films.
Genre/formFiction films.
Genre/formMelodramas (Motion pictures)
Other titleIkite wa mita keredo.
Other titleTalking with Ozu.
ISBN0780027655
ISBN9780780027657
Publisher numberTOK070 Criterion Collection

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner Compact DVDs PN1997 .T6213 2003 DVD ✔ Available Place Hold