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Tokyo Story [VHS] [1953]

VHS ~ Chishu Ryu

4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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Actors: Chishu Ryu, Chieko Higashiyama, S� Yamamura, Setsuko Hara, Haruko Sugimura
Directors: Yasujiro Ozu
Writers: Yasujiro Ozu, K�go Noda
Producers: Takeshi Yamamoto
Format: Black & White, HiFi Sound, PAL
Language Japanese
Classification: U
Studio: Artificial Eye
VHS Release Date: 7 Mar 1994
Run Time: 130 minutes

Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

ASIN: B000057SCQ
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 4,318 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)
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A poignant depiction of life's disappointments and frustrations told through the story of an ageing couple who go to visit their grown-up son and daughter in Tokyo. Japanese dialogue with English subtitles.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Noriko Trilogy, 29 Jan 2005

By	Stuart A. Orr "SAO" (Frankfurt) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Ozu - The Noriko Trilogy (Late Spring / Early Summer / Tokyo Story) [DVD] [1949] (DVD)

Despite what the listing says this DVD contains three Ozu films the superb Tokyo Story together with the very good films Late Spring and Early Summer. The only disappointment with this DVD set is that advertised extras include "...selected scene commentaries from some of the UK's leading film critics." The only extras on the DVDs are trailers and photo galleries. There is a small, less than A5,booklet enclosed with six pages of text. Two pages are biographies. The rest are brief decriptions of the films with barely any scene description. written by Nick Wrigley.

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By	Stuart A. Orr "SAO" (Frankfurt) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Ozu - The Noriko Trilogy (Late Spring / Early Summer / Tokyo Story) [DVD] [1949] (DVD)

Further to my earlier comments I have been told by Tartan video that they were unable to obtain the commentaries they planned but were at that stage unable to change the information on the box. They say that it will be changed.

If you want full commentaries and a lot of extra material on Tokyo Story I would go for the US version (if you can play R1 DVDs)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Tokyo Story - true feelings in a hidden Japan, 22 Sep 2004

By	V K Folkard (Devon United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ozu - The Noriko Trilogy (Late Spring / Early Summer / Tokyo Story) [DVD] [1949] (DVD)

Tokyo Story was a film I didn't truly understand until I studied Japanese culture.

I feel that it can be best compared to the writing of the American author Henry James: very little seems to happen in terms of physical action but the true story is in what is said and left unsaid.

Tokyo Story is also a depiction of the struggle Japan and the Japanese people felt through the post war era. Still linked to the old but wishing to be part of the new. This is shown by the rural bound parents and their relationship with their Tokyo living son.

I can't wait for this to come out on DVD.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Ozu - The Noriko Trilogy (Late Spring)
This has a slow start and moves very slowly and gently through a gentle sweet story about the relationship of a japanese daughter and her father. Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars Truly brilliant filmmaking
What can I say? Tokyo Story really is one of the best films ever made, and the other two films included here are also pretty good. Read more

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