Tōkyō monogatari / Janus Films ; Shōchiku Eiga ; kyakuhon, Noda Kōgo, Ozu Yasujirō ; seisaku, Yamamoto Takeshi ; kantoku, Ozu Yasujirō.

東京物語 / Janus Films ; 松竹映画 ; 脚本, 野田高梧, 小津安二郎 ; 製作, 山本武 ; 監督, 小津安二郎.

Follows an aging couple, Tomi and Sukichi, on their journey from their rural village to visit their two married children in bustling, post-war Tokyo. Their reception is disappointing: too busy to entertain them, their children send them off to a health spa. After Tomi falls ill she and Sukichi retur...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Tōkyō monogatari (Motion picture) Criterion collection ; 217. Criterion collection ; 217. Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors:	Shōchiku Kabushiki Kaisha (Production company) Janus Films (Film distributor) Criterion Collection (Firm) (Film distributor)
Other Authors:	Ozu, Yasujirō, 1903-1963 = 小津安ニ郎, 山本武(Screenwriter, Film director) Yamamoto, Takeshi, 1908-1972 = 野田高悟(Film producer) Noda, Kōgo, 1893-1968 = 原節子(Screenwriter) Hara, Setsuko, 1920-2015 = 笠智眾(Actor) Ryū, Chishū, 1904-1993 = 東山千栄子, 杉村春子(Actor, interviewee (expression)) Higashiyama, Chieko, 1890-1980 = 山村聡(Actor) Sugimura, Haruko, 1909-1997 = 三宅邦子, 賀川恭子(Actor, interviewee (expression)) Yamamura, Sō, 1910-2000 = 東野英二郎(Actor) Miyake, Kuniko = 中村伸郎(Actor) Kagawa, Kyōko = 大坂志郎(Actor) Tōno, Eijirō, 1907-1994 = 長岡輝子(Actor) Nakamura, Nobuo, 1908-1991 = 厚田雄春(Actor) Ōsaka, Shirō = 浜田辰雄(Actor) Toake, Hisao, 1908-1985 = 齋藤高順(Actor) Nagaoka, Teruko, 1908-2010 = 侯孝賢(Actor) Atsuta, Yūharu, 1905-1992 = 岡田真茉莉子(director of photography.) Hamada, Tatsuo = 今村昌平(Art director) Saitō, Takanobu, 1924-2004 = 佐藤忠男(composer (expression)) Hamamura, Yoshiyasu (Film editor) Desser, David (Commentator) Kwan, Stanley, 1957- (interviewee (expression)) Kaurismäki, Aki, 1957- (interviewee (expression)) Denis, Claire, 1946- (interviewee (expression)) Anderson, Lindsay, 1923-1994 (interviewee (expression)) Schrader, Paul, 1946- (interviewee (expression)) Wenders, Wim (interviewee (expression)) Hou, Xiaoxian, 1947- (interviewee (expression)) Okada, Mariko, 1933- (interviewee (expression)) Imamura, Shōhei, 1926-2006 (interviewee (expression)) Richie, Donald, 1924-2013 (interviewee (expression)) Satō, Tadao, 1930-2022 (interviewee (expression)) Bordwell, David (Writer of supplementary textual content)
Language:	Japanese English
Language of the Original:	Japanese
Language and/or Writing System:	Japanese dialogue; with optional English subtitles.
Published:	[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2013]
Edition:	Dual-format edition.
Series:	Criterion collection ; 217. Criterion collection ; 217. Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:	Aging parents > Japan > Onomichi-shi > Drama. Parent and adult child > Japan > Drama. Conflict of generations > Japan > Drama. Melodramas (Motion pictures) Feature films. Fiction films. Motion pictures > Japan. Drama. Aging parents. Conflict of generations. Parent and adult child. Japan. Japan > Onomichi-shi.
Genre:	Drama. Melodramas (Motion pictures) Feature films. Fiction films. Motion pictures
Physical Description:	3 videodiscs (136 min.) : DVD video, Blu-ray, sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (12 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm).
Variant Title:	Tokyo story.
Format:	Video Blu-ray Disc DVD

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