| Edition |
Two-DVD special edition. Second printing 2016. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (136 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (10 pages : black and white illustrations ; 19 x 59 cm, folded to 19 x 12 cm). |
| Playing Time |
021600 |
| Physical Medium |
DVD video 4 3/4 in. rda |
| Description |
digital rdatr |
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optical rdarm |
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mono rdacpc |
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Dolby digital 1.0 rdaspc |
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NTSC rdabs |
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video file rdaft |
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DVD video |
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region 1 rdare |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 217 |
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Criterion collection ; 217.
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| Cast |
Setsuko Hara, Chishu Ryu, Chieko Higashiyama, Haruko Sugimura, So Yamamura, Kuniko Miyake, Kyoko Kagawa, Eijiro Tono, Nobuo Nakamura, Shiro Osaka, Hisao Toake, Teruko Nagaoka, Zen Murase, Mitsuhiro Mori. |
| Credits |
Cinematography by Yuharu Atsuta ; art direction by Tatsuo Hamada ; music by Takanobu Saito ; edited by Yoshiyasu Hamamura. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1953. |
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Full screen (1.33:1) presentation. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
A self-centered couple is inconvenienced by a parental visit. When the mother falls ill, her children hasten to be with her. |
| Contents |
Opening credits -- Preparations -- Arrival in Tokyo -- Noriko -- Catching up -- A change in schedule -- Shige enlists Noriko's help -- Sightseeing in Tokyo -- The children make plans -- Hot springs at Atami -- An early return -- Shukichi and Tomi part -- Shukichi's night out -- Tomi stays with Noriko -- Shukichi returns to Shige's house -- Noriko says good-bye -- The children see their parents off -- A temporary stay in Osaka -- The children prepare to visit -- Tomi's conditions worsens -- The family gathers in Onomichi - Keizo arrives late -- Funeral -- A final dinner together -- Farewells -- "I'd have been kinder to her" -- Color bars. |
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I lived, but-- = Ikite wa mita keredo - Ozu Yasujirô denI: What does this nothingness mean? -- Chishu Ry -- A brief history -- First job -- Ozu's film career begins -- The student eries -- The Kihachi series -- Fastidiousness -- The circle of life -- "I can wait" -- A hen in the wind -- Late spring -- Early Summer -- Ozu's mentors -- Worldwide acclaim -- Writing with Kogo Noda -- Actors' reflections -- Ozu and the Edo tradition -- Authenticity -- A director and mentor -- The shadow of death -- A girig gframework -- Alone -- The gardener -- Canter -- A full circle. |
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Talking with Ozu: Stanley Kwan -- Aki Kaurismäki -- Claire Denis -- Lindsay Anderson -- Paul Schrader -- Wim Wenders -- Hou Hsiao-hsien |
| Note |
Special features: New digital restoration from a 4K film transfer. Disc 1. Audio commentary recorded in 2003 (featuring David Desser, editor of Ozu's "Tokyo Story"); Talking with Ozu (created by Shochiku to commemorate the ninetieth anniversary of director Yasujiro Ozu's birth, this 1993 documentary features filmmakers Stanley Kwan, Aki Kaurismäki, Claire Denis, Lindsay Anderson, Paul Schrader, Wim Wenders, and Hou Hsiao-hsien reflecting on the importance of Ozu and his films); Trailer. Disc 2. I lived, but... (1983 documentary directed by Kazuo Inoue, features interviews with actors Chishu Ryu, Mariko Okada, and Haruko Sugimura; filmmaker Shohei Imamura, director Yasujiro Ozu's former assistant; critics Donald Richie and Tadao Sato; and many others on whom Ozu had a profound impact; Chishu Ryu and Shochiku's Ofuna Studio (45 min. documentary from 1988 looks at actor Chishu Ryu's sixty-year career with Shochiku and the work he did at its Ofuna Studio, including his many celebrated roles in the films of Yasujiro Ozu). Insert features an essay by critic David Bordwell. |
| Awards |
British Film Institute Awards, 1958: Sutherland Trophy (Yasujirō Ozu) |
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Mainichi Film Concours, 1954: Best Supporting Actress (Haruko Sugimura) |
| Language |
Japanese language soundtrack with English subtitles. |
| Subject |
Parent and adult child -- Japan -- Drama.
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Aging parents -- Japan -- Onomichi-shi -- Drama.
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Mothers -- Health -- Japan -- Drama.
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Conflict of generations -- Japan -- Drama.
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Adult children of aging parents -- Japan -- Drama.
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Tōkyō monogatari (Motion picture)
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Tōkyō monogatari (Motion picture) (OCoLC)fst01371372
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Adult children of aging parents. (OCoLC)fst00797237
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Aging parents. (OCoLC)fst00800360
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Conflict of generations. (OCoLC)fst00874815
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Parent and adult child. (OCoLC)fst01053304
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Japan. (OCoLC)fst01204082
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Japan -- Onomichi-shi.
(OCoLC)fst01227679
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| Genre/Form |
Video recordings.
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Documentary films. (OCoLC)fst01710390
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Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
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Fiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710264
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Films for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710386
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Melodramas (Motion pictures) (OCoLC)fst01726217
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Nonfiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710269
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Melodramas (Motion pictures)
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Documentary films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Films for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Ozu, Yasujirō, 1903-1963, screenwriter, film director.
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Noda, Kōgo, 1893-1968, screenwriter.
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Yamamoto, Takeshi, 1908-1972, film producer.
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Ryū, Chishū, 1904-1993, actor, interviewee (expression)
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Hara, Setsuko, 1920-2015, actor.
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Higashiyama, Chieko, 1890-1980, actor.
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Sugimura, Haruko, 1909-1997, actor, interviewee (expression)
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Yamamura, Sō, 1910-2000, actor.
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Miyake, Kuniko, actor.
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Kagawa, Kyōko, actor.
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Tōno, Eijirō, 1907-1994, actor.
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Nakamura, Nobuo, 1908-1991, actor.
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Ōsaka, Shirō, actor.
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Toake, Hisao, 1908-1985, actor.
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Nagaoka, Teruko, 1908-2010, actor.
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Atsuta, Yūharu, 1905-1992, director of photography.
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Hamada, Tatsuo, art director.
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Saitō, Takanobu, 1924-2004, composer (expression)
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Hamamura, Yoshiyasu, editor of moving image work.
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Desser, David, commentator.
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Kwan, Stanley, 1957- interviewee (expression)
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Kaurismäki, Aki, 1957- interviewee (expression)
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Denis, Claire, 1948- interviewee (expression)
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Anderson, Lindsay, 1923-1994, interviewee (expression)
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Schrader, Paul, 1946- interviewee (expression)
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Wenders, Wim, interviewee (expression)
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Hou, Xiaoxian, 1947- interviewee (expression)
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Inoue, Kazuo, 1924-2011, filmmaker.
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Okada, Mariko, 1933- interviewee (expression)
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Imamura, Shōhei, 1926-2006, interviewee (expression)
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Richie, Donald, 1924-2013, interviewee (expression)
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Satō, Tadao, 1930-2022, interviewee (expression)
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Bordwell, David, writer of supplementary textual content.
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Janus Films, production company.
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Shōchiku Kabushiki Kaisha, production company.
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松竹キネマ株式会社, production company.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| Added Title |
Tokyo story |
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Container of (work): Tōkyō monogatari (Motion picture)
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Container of (work): I lived, but--
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Container of (work): Talking with Ozu.
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Container of (work): Chishu Ryu the actor : Shochiku's Ofuna Studio and me.
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| ISBN |
9781681431277 |
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1681431270 |
| Standard No. |
715515172417 |
| Music No. |
CC2604DDVD The Criterion Collection |
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CC2604D The Criterion Collection (container) |
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CC2604D-1 The Criterion Collection (disc 1) |
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CC2604D-2 The Criterion Collection (disc 2) |
