Tokyo Story (1953)
- Original title
- 東京物語
- Directed by
- Yasujirō Ozu
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 2h 16m
- Rated
- 10
- Rating
- 8.2 of 10 from 1,233 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
An elderly couple leaves their small town to visit their grown children in Tokyo. They find their children are too busy with their own lives to spend much time with them.
slow-burnmelancholicquietreflectivepoignantunderstatedbittersweetgentlecontemplative
What happens
Tokyo Story (Japanese: 東京物語, Hepburn: Tōkyō Monogatari) is a 1953 Japanese drama film directed by Yasujirō Ozu and starring Chishū Ryū and Chieko Higashiyama, about an aging couple who travel to Tokyo to visit their grown children. Upon release, it did not immediately gain international recognition and was considered "too Japanese" to be marketable by Japanese film exporters. It was screened in 1957 in London, where it won the inaugural Sutherland Trophy the following year, and received praise from U.S. film critics after a 1972 screening in New York City. Tokyo Story is widely regarded as Ozu's magnum opus and one of the greatest films in the history of cinema. It was voted the greatest film of all time in the 2012 edition of a poll of film directors by Sight and Sound magazine. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Still Walking (2008)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.