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Tokyo Story (1953)

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Reviews Counted:21

Fresh:21

Rotten:0

Average Rating:9.7/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 19 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Synopsis: 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... 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. [More]

Starring: Chishu Ryu, Chiyeko Higashiyama, Sô Yamamura, Haruko Sugimura

Starring: Chishu Ryu, Chiyeko Higashiyama, Sô Yamamura, Haruko Sugimura, Setsuko Hara, Kyôko Kagawa, Shiro Osaka

Director: Yasujiro Ozu

Director: Yasujiro Ozu
Screenwriter: Yasujiro Ozu, Kogo Noda
Composer: Takanori Saito

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Oct 14, 2003

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Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
10/30/06
Dan Jardine
Dan Jardine
Apollo Guide
N/R

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Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
02/09/06
Geoff Andrew
Geoff Andrew
Time Out

No review available.

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08/12/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

Yasujiro Ozu's Tokyo Story might be his masterpiece.

Full Review Source: ToxicUniverse.com | comment Comment
01/31/05
Dan Callahan
Dan Callahan
ToxicUniverse.com

Ozu doesn't sentimentalize or condemn; he merely observes human nature with calm and clarity.

Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | comment Comment
12/30/04
Colin Covert
Colin Covert
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Ozu's style is one based on restriction, rigor, and repetition, which paradoxically expands his emotional meanings.

Full Review Source: Filmjourney | comment Comment
12/01/04
Doug Cummings
Doug Cummings
Filmjourney

One of the most quietly powerful studies of the gradual and inevitable erosion of the family in a rapidly changing world.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
08/25/04
Dan Jardine
Dan Jardine
Apollo Guide
N/R

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04/09/04
Guardian [UK]

Anyone can relate to those moments when the calm is broken by the undercurrents of anguish, disappointment and resentment that run through every family.

Full Review Source: eye WEEKLY | comment Comment
04/09/04
Jason Anderson
Jason Anderson
eye WEEKLY

Rife with a pervasive sense of loss, Tokyo story offers little comfort and promises great sorrow. This is a profoundly moving film.

Full Review Source: Cinemania | comment Comment
04/05/04
Dan Jardine
Dan Jardine
Cinemania
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01/24/04
Mark Freeman
Mark Freeman
Critical Eye

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01/23/04
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

It ennobles the cinema. It says, yes, a movie can help us make small steps against our imperfections.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
01/15/04
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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One of the great classics of world cinema.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
01/13/04
Jamie Russell
Jamie Russell
BBC

constantly bursts with life and meaning, despite the fact that very little happens in the conventional narrative sense

Full Review Source: Q Network Film Desk | comment Comment
12/14/03
James Kendrick
James Kendrick
Q Network Film Desk

Examines the same themes as films like Ordinary People and American Beauty, for example. And both of those look clumsy and derivative in comparison!

Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | comment Comment
12/12/03
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

This very well might be the best film ever made.

Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment Comment
12/08/03
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Could easily change your life.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Examiner | comment Comment
11/17/03
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
San Francisco Examiner

like people-watching from the point of view of a god

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10/27/03
Jake Euker
Jake Euker
Filmcritic.com
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05/24/03
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