Tokyo story Tokyo monogatari
Title:
Tokyo story Tokyo monogatari
Author:
Ozu, Yasujiro, 1903-1963.
Publication Information:
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, c2003.
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (136 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide ([8] p. : ill.)
Series:
Criterion collection ; 217
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 217.
Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.)
General Note:
Originally released as a motion picture in 1953.
Special features include: Audio commentary by David Desser; original theatrical trailer; 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.); essay by David Bordwell.
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.
Added Title:
Ikite wa mita keredo.
Talking with Ozu.