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The Resource Tokyo story, Janus Films ; a Shochiku production ; screenplay by Kogo Noda and Yasujiro Ozu ; executive producer, Takeshi Yamamoto ; directed by Yasujiro Ozu, (videorecording)

Tokyo story, Janus Films ; a Shochiku production ; screenplay by Kogo Noda and Yasujiro Ozu ; executive producer, Takeshi Yamamoto ; directed by Yasujiro Ozu, (videorecording)

Label
Tokyo story
Title
Tokyo story
Statement of responsibility
Janus Films ; a Shochiku production ; screenplay by Kogo Noda and Yasujiro Ozu ; executive producer, Takeshi Yamamoto ; directed by Yasujiro Ozu
Title variation
Tōkyō monogatari
Contributor
Actor
Art director
Commentator
Director of photography
Film director
Film distributor
Film editor
Film producer
Production company
Screenwriter
Writer of supplementary textual content
Subject
Genre
Language
  • jpn
  • eng
  • jpn
  • jpn
Summary
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
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Member of
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
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Tōkyō monogatari (Motion picture)
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Credits note
Cinematography by Yūharu Atsuta ; art direction by Tatsuo Hamada ; music by Takanobu Saitō ; edited by Yoshiyasu Hamamura
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
Rating: Not rated
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Language note
Japanese dialogue; with optional English subtitles
LC call number
PN1997
LC item number
.T65 2013
PerformerNote
Setsuko Hara, Chishū Ryū, Chieko Higashiyama, Kyōko Kagawa, Haruko Sugimura, Sō Yamamura, Kuniko Miyake, Eijiro Tono, Nobuo Nakamura, Shiro Osaka, Hisao Toake, Teruko Nagaoka
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  • 1903-1963
  • 1908-1972
  • 1893-1968
  • 1920-2015
  • 1904-1993
  • 1890-1980
  • 1909-1997
  • 1910-2000
  • 1907-1994
  • 1908-1991
  • 1908-1985
  • 1908-2010
  • 1905-1992
  • 1924-2004
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  • 1946-
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  • 1926-2006
  • 1924-2013
  • 1930-2022
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  • Ozu, Yasujirō
  • Yamamoto, Takeshi
  • Noda, Kōgo
  • Hara, Setsuko
  • Ryū, Chishū
  • Higashiyama, Chieko
  • Sugimura, Haruko
  • Yamamura, Sō
  • Miyake, Kuniko
  • Kagawa, Kyōko
  • Tōno, Eijirō
  • Nakamura, Nobuo
  • Ōsaka, Shirō
  • Toake, Hisao
  • Nagaoka, Teruko
  • Atsuta, Yūharu
  • Hamada, Tatsuo
  • Saitō, Takanobu
  • Hamamura, Yoshiyasu
  • Desser, David
  • Kwan, Stanley
  • Kaurismäki, Aki
  • Denis, Claire
  • Anderson, Lindsay
  • Schrader, Paul
  • Wenders, Wim
  • Hou, Xiaoxian
  • Okada, Mariko
  • Imamura, Shōhei
  • Richie, Donald
  • Satō, Tadao
  • Bordwell, David
  • Shōchiku Kabushiki Kaisha
  • Janus Films
  • Criterion Collection (Firm)
Runtime
136
Series statement
The Criterion collection
Series volume
217
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  • Aging parents
  • Parent and adult child
  • Conflict of generations
Technique
live action
Label
Tokyo story, Janus Films ; a Shochiku production ; screenplay by Kogo Noda and Yasujiro Ozu ; executive producer, Takeshi Yamamoto ; directed by Yasujiro Ozu, (videorecording)
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1953
  • Features: audio commentary featuring Yasujiro Ozu scholar David Desser; "I lived, but ..." (1983), a two-hour documentary about Ozu's life and career, featuring interviews with critics and former cast and crew members; "Talking with Ozu" (1993), a forty-minute tribute to the director featuring the reflections of filmmakers Lindsay Anderson, Claire Denis, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Aki Kaurismäki, Stanley Kwan, Paul Schrader, and Wim Wenders; 1988 documentary about actor Chishu Ryu's career at Shochiku's Ofuna studios, featuring a lengthy interview with Ryu; trailer; new English subtitle translation
Bar code
  • 31223138975090
  • 31223138975082
  • 31223117897042
  • 31223112810305
  • 31223138975066
  • 31223117897083
  • 31223138975058
  • 31223138975074
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Extent
1 videodiscs (136 min.)
Isbn
9781604657784
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515110211
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Physical substance
Blu-ray
Publisher number
CC2309BDDVD
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)862749280
System details
Blu-ray; NTSC; region A; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; monaural; Dolby Digital; requires Blu-ray player
Video recording format
  • DVD
  • Blu-ray disc
Label
Tokyo story, Janus Films ; a Shochiku production ; screenplay by Kogo Noda and Yasujiro Ozu ; executive producer, Takeshi Yamamoto ; directed by Yasujiro Ozu, (videorecording)
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1953
  • Features: audio commentary featuring Yasujiro Ozu scholar David Desser; "I lived, but ..." (1983), a two-hour documentary about Ozu's life and career, featuring interviews with critics and former cast and crew members; "Talking with Ozu" (1993), a forty-minute tribute to the director featuring the reflections of filmmakers Lindsay Anderson, Claire Denis, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Aki Kaurismäki, Stanley Kwan, Paul Schrader, and Wim Wenders; 1988 documentary about actor Chishu Ryu's career at Shochiku's Ofuna studios, featuring a lengthy interview with Ryu; trailer; new English subtitle translation
Bar code
  • 31223138975090
  • 31223138975082
  • 31223117897042
  • 31223112810305
  • 31223138975066
  • 31223117897083
  • 31223138975058
  • 31223138975074
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Extent
1 videodiscs (136 min.)
Isbn
9781604657784
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515110211
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Physical substance
Blu-ray
Publisher number
CC2309BDDVD
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)862749280
System details
Blu-ray; NTSC; region A; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; monaural; Dolby Digital; requires Blu-ray player
Video recording format
  • DVD
  • Blu-ray disc

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