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December 1982 (USA)
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A married Tokyo man faces unemployment after standing up for an older colleague. Full summary » | Add synopsis »
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Toronto Silent Film Festival 2013: Ozu’s ‘Tokyo Chorus’ sings in counterpoint to The Crowd
(From SoundOnSight. 6 April 2013, 2:25 AM, PDT)
What’s All The Hulu-baloo About? [This Week In Criterion's Hulu Channel]
(From CriterionCast. 7 May 2011, 9:23 PM, PDT)
Hideko Takemine obituary
(From The Guardian - Film News. 14 January 2011, 4:03 PM, PST)
(From SoundOnSight. 6 April 2013, 2:25 AM, PDT)
What’s All The Hulu-baloo About? [This Week In Criterion's Hulu Channel]
(From CriterionCast. 7 May 2011, 9:23 PM, PDT)
Hideko Takemine obituary
(From The Guardian - Film News. 14 January 2011, 4:03 PM, PST)
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Early Ozu. Seems Very Current
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Cast
(in credits order) | Tokihiko Okada | ... | Shinji Okajima |
| Emiko Yagumo | ... | Tsuma Sugako (His wife) |
| Hideo Sugawara | ... | Sono Chounan (First Son) |
 | Hideko Takamine | ... | Sono Choujo (First Daughter) |
| Tatsuo Saitô | ... | Omura Sensei (Teacher) |
| Chôko Iida | ... | Sensei no tusma (Mrs. Omura) |
| Takeshi Sakamoto | ... | Rou-Shain Yamada (Old employee) |
| Reikô Tani | ... | Shachou (Company President) |
| Ken'ichi Miyajima | ... | Hisho (Secretary) |
| Isamu Yamaguchi | ... | Kaisha no Douryou (An Employee) |
Directed by | |||
| Yasujirô Ozu | |||
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| Komatsu Kitamura | (adaptation & story) and | |
| Kôgo Noda | (adaptation & story) | |
| Kôgo Noda | (screenplay) | |
Cinematography by | |||
| Hideo Shigehara | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Hideo Shigehara | |||
Set Decoration by | |||
| Minzô Kakuta | |||
| Tsunetarô Kawasaki | |||
| Beijiro Tanaka | |||
| Yonekazu Wakita | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Kurenai Saitou | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Iyono Kikuchi | .... | hair stylist | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Kenkichi Hara | .... | assistant director | |
| Akira Kiyosuke | .... | assistant director | |
| Hamao Negishi | .... | assistant director | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Yûharu Atsuta | .... | assistant camera (as Yuuji Atsuta) | |
| Eijirô Fujita | .... | assistant camera | |
| Minoru Kuribayashi | .... | assistant camera (as Kuri Hayashi) | |
| Toshimitsu Nakajima | .... | lighting engineer | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Kô Saitô | .... | wardrobe | |
Other crew | |||
| Tomoo Shiga | .... | titles | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- Shochiku Company (1931) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Shochiku Films of America (1982) (USA) (theatrical)
- Criterion Collection, The (2008) (USA) (DVD) (as Eclipse from the Criterion Collection)
- Shochiku Company (2003) (Japan) (DVD) (box set)
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"Tôkyô no kôrasu" - Japan (original title)
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USA:90 min
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Referenced in The Life and Works of Yasujiro Ozu (1983)See more »
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An insurance man promises to buy his son a bicycle since it is the day he would get his bonus (the beginning sequence of him being kind of a loser in army drills is funny). A colleague gets fired nd the man sticks up for him nd gets fired also. His son is angry because he can't buy the bicycle. What follows is Ozu at his best: Taking a small situation and making it compelling. There is drama but also some slapstick in this film (and, in the role of the young daughter, the eventual wonderful actress Hideko Takamine) and it works because the story seems so close to home. There are lots of family moments, and your wish throughout the film is that everything will be all right (watch to find if it will be). Not a great film, but well worth your time. Ozu's next film was the excellent "I Was Born, But", and you can get them both on the box set "Silent Ozu", which have English subtitles. Recommended.