| Description |
1 videodiscs (136 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([12] pages : illustrations ; 17 cm) |
| Physical Medium |
Blu-ray Blu-ray 4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
Blu-ray digital optical mono Dolby Digital 5.1 rda |
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Blu-ray laser optical NTSC rda |
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Blu-ray video file Blu-ray region A rda |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 217 |
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Criterion collection (Blu-ray discs) ; 217.
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 217.
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| System Details |
Blu-ray; NTSC; region A; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; monaural; Dolby Digital; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Language |
Japanese dialogue; with English subtitles. |
| 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. |
| Credits |
Cinematography by Yuharu Atsuta ; art direction by Tatsuo Hamada ; music by Takanobu Saitō ; edited by Yoshiyasu Hamamura. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1953. |
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Special features: DVD Disc 1: Commentary (featuring Yasujiro Ozu scholar David Desser); Talking with Ozu (a forty-minute tribute to the director from 1993, featuring filmmakers Stanley Kwan, Aki Kaurismäki, Claire Denis, Lindsay Anderson, Paul Schrader, Wim Wenders, and Hou Hsiao-hsien); Trailer. DVD Disc 2: I lived but ... (a two-hour documentary from 1983 about Ozu's live and career, featuring interviews with actors Chishu Ryu, Mariko Okada, and Haruko Sugimura, filmmaker Shohei Imamura, critics Donald Richie and Tadao Sato); Chishu Ryu and Shochiku's Ofuna Studio (a forty-five-minute documentary from 1988 about actor Chishu Ryu's sixty-year career with Shochiku and the work he did at its Ofuna Studio). Blu-ray disc: New digital restoration from a 4k film transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray; Blu-ray includes all special features on DVDs; New English subtitle translation. Booklet featuring an essay by critic David Bordwell. |
| Audience |
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. |
| Subject |
Aging parents -- Japan -- Onomichi-shi -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Parent and child -- Japan -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Conflict of generations -- Japan -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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| Local Subject |
FOREIGN FILMS, JAPANESE.
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| Genre |
Feature films Japan.
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| Added Author |
Noda, Kōgo, 1893-1968, screenwriter.
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野田高悟, 1893-1968, screenwriter.
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Ozu, Yasujirō, 1903-1963, screenwriter, film director.
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小津安ニ郎, 1903-1963, screenwriter, film director.
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Yamamoto, Takeshi, 1908-1972, film producer.
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山本武, 1908-1972, film producer
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Hara, Setsuko, 1920- actor.
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原節子, 1920- actor.
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Ryū, Chishū, 1904-1993, actor, interviewee (expression)
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笠智眾, 1904-1993, actor, interviewee (expression)
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Higashiyama, Chieko, 1890-1980, actor.
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東山千栄子, 1890-1980, actor.
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Sugimura, Haruko, 1909-1997, actor, interviewee (expression)
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杉村春子, 1909-1997, actor, interviewee (expression)
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Yamamura, Sō, 1910-2000, actor.
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山村聡, 1910-2000, actor.
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Miyake, Kuniko, actor.
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三宅邦子, actor.
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Kagawa, Kyōko, actor.
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賀川恭子, actor.
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Tōno, Eijirō, 1907-1994, actor.
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東野英二郎, 1907-1994, actor.
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Nakamura, Nobuo, 1908-1991, actor.
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中村伸郎, 1908-1991, actor.
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Ōsaka, Shirō, actor.
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大坂志郎, actor.
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Toake, Hisao, 1908-1985, actor.
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Nagaoka, Teruko, 1908-2010, actor.
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長岡輝子, 1908-2010, actor.
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Atsuta, Yūharu, 1905- director of photography.
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厚田雄春, 1905- director of photography.
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Hamada, Tatsuo, art director.
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浜田辰雄, art director.
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Saitō, Takanobu, 1924-2004, composer (expression)
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齋藤高順, 1924-2004, composer (expression)
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Hamamura, Yoshiyasu, film editor.
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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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侯孝賢, 1947- interviewee (expression)
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Okada, Mariko, 1933- interviewee (expression)
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岡田真茉莉子, 1933- interviewee (expression)
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Imamura, Shōhei, 1926-2006, interviewee (expression)
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今村昌平, 1926-2006, interviewee (expression)
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Richie, Donald, 1924-2013, interviewee (expression)
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Satō, Tadao, 1930- interviewee (expression)
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佐藤忠男, 1930- 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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Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor.
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| Added Title |
Tōkyō monogatari |
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Tokyo story |
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Tōkyō monogatari (Motion picture)
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| ISBN |
9781604657784 |
| Standard No. |
715515110211 |
| Music No. |
CC2309BDDVD Criterion Collection |
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