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

LIBRA DVD 010 230 discs 1-2 + pamphlet
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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Ozu, Yasujirō, 1903-1963, director, screenwriter.
Noda, Kōgo, 1893-1968, screenwriter.
Ryū, Chishū, 1904-1993, actor.
Higashiyama, Chieko, 1890-1980, actor.
Yamamura, Sō, 1910-2000, actor.
Sugimura, Haruko, 1909-1997, actor.
Hara, Setsuko, 1920-2015, actor.
Atsuta, Yushun, photographer.
Saito, Takanori, associated name.
Janus Films, producer.
Shōchiku Kabushiki Kaisha, producer.
Criterion Collection (Firm), distributor.
Series:
Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.)
Criterion collection ; 217.
Criterion collection ; 217
Classic collection
Language:
English
Japanese
Subjects (All):
Ozu, Yasujirō, 1903-1963--Film adaptations.
Ozu, Yasujirō.
Ozu, Yasujirō, 1903-1963.
Parent and adult child.
Conflict of generations.
Families.
Japan.
Families--Japan--Drama.
Conflict of generations--Japan--Drama.
Parent and adult child--Japan--Drama.
Motion pictures, Japanese.
Japan--Social life and customs--20th century.
Manners and customs.
Genre:
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Drama.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (136 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + pamphlet ([8] pages, folded ; 19 cm).
monochrome
Other Title:
Tokyo story
Yasujiro Ozu's Tokyo story
Place of Publication:
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, 2003.
Language Note:
Japanese language; English subtitles
System Details:
DVD.
digital
optical
video file
DVD video
Summary:
When an aging couple journeys to visit with their adult children and family they find they are an intrusion on the younger generation's life style.
Participant:
Setsuko Hara, Chishu Ryu, Chieko Higashiyama, Haruko Sugimura, So Yamamura, Kuniko Miyake, Kyoko Kagawa, Eijiro Tono, Nobuo Nakamura, Shiro Osaka, Hisao Toake, Teruko Nagaoka
Credits:
Photography by Yuharu Atsuka; art direction by Tatsuo Hamada.
Notes:
Originally released as a motion picture in 1953.
Special features include: audio commentary by scholar David Desser ; "I lived, but..." (1983 Ozu documentary, 120 min.) ; "Talking with Ozu" (1993 40 min. tribute featuring reflections from directors Stanley Kwan, Aki Kaurismaki, Claire Denis, Lindsay Anderson, Paul Schrader, Wim Wenders, Hou Hsiao-hsien) ; essay by David Bordwell.
ISBN:
0780027655
OCLC:
53315956
Publisher Number:
TOK070 Criterion Collection

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