The Japanese family's transformation by modern, Western culture formed the core theme of director Ozu's work, and this motif is crystallized in an exquisite, intimate story of alienation and reconciliation in TOKYO STORY. An aging couple, living in retirement in rural Japan, decide to visit their married children in the bustling metropolis of post-war Tokyo. But once they arrive, they find that the children no longer have room for them in their busy lives. Shuffling their parents back and forth between each of their houses the couple is eventually shipped off to a health spa. Only the couple's daughter-in-law, widow of their son who died in the war, shows them any kindness. The parents return home lonely and disillusioned, and the mother soon falls sick. The children arrive too late, and have lost their chance to make any reconciliation. The patterns of movement, dialogue and nature combine with a scrupulous attention to character under Ozu's masterful eye and create a subtle yet overwhelmingly emotional drama.
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Run a Quick Search on "Tokyo Story" starring Chishu Ryu to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "Tokyo Story"Browse more products related to "Chishu Ryu, Haruko Sugimura and Yasujiro Ozu"ReviewUSA Today, 11/07/2003, p.8E, "Yasujiro Ozu created quiet epics that dealt purely and without stylistic fuss about what really matters....A masterpiece..." Chicago Sun-Times, 11/09/2003, p.3, "[O]ne of the greatest films of all time." Sight and Sound, 03/01/2005, p.87, "[T]he experience of watching Ozu's masterpieces reveals an artist whose allegiances are strikingly diverse." Title NoteFor many years this was the only one of Yasujiro Ozu's fifty-three feature films to be shown in the West. Traditionally, the critical appraisal of Ozu's work, as established in western countries, has been tied to evaluations of the success, or failure, of this one film. Release NoteDVD Features: DVD Features: Product NotesYasujiro Ozu's most widely distributed and best-known film presents the story of an elderly couple in post World War II Japan who come to Tokyo to visit their various children and realize that the family has essentially fallen apart. The couple is received coldly by their two modernized children and only their widowed daughter-in-law seems glad to see them. The children shuttle their aging parents off to a health spa in an attempt to get them out of the way. They learn later that the mother has fallen ill upon her return and arrive too late to say their good-byes. If You Enjoy "Tokyo Story (DVD)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "Tokyo Story (DVD)"Most Recent Customer Reviews  Could have only one DVD, it would be definitely "Tokyo Story", September 14, 2008
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If you had to work away from home for months and could have only one DVD, what
would it be? It would be definitely "Tokyo Story", and actually, it is. Why do
I love this movie so much? Maybe because I am getting old, but that is not the
only reason. This movie shows us all the aspects of "family" and they are quite
universal. You can get a two-disc set and Disc-2 contains two documentary
films, "I Lived, But..." (1983, 120 minutes) and "Talking with OZU" (1993, 30
minutes). Its a good bargain!
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