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13 March 1972 (USA)
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An old couple visit their children and grandchildren in the city; but the children have little time for them. full summary | full synopsis
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Tuesday Morning Foreign Region Blu-ray Disc Report: "Suspiria" (Dario Argento, 1976)
(From The Auteurs. 9 February 2010, 6:55 AM, PST)
As Yasujiro Ozu reaches Late Autumn he's become master of slow cinema
(From The Guardian - Film News. 22 January 2010, 4:05 PM, PST)
(From The Auteurs. 9 February 2010, 6:55 AM, PST)
As Yasujiro Ozu reaches Late Autumn he's become master of slow cinema
(From The Guardian - Film News. 22 January 2010, 4:05 PM, PST)
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FANTASTIC
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Chishû Ryû | ... | Shukishi Hirayama |
| Chieko Higashiyama | ... | Tomi Hirayama |
| Setsuko Hara | ... | Noriko Hirayama |
| Haruko Sugimura | ... | Shige Kaneko |
| Sô Yamamura | ... | Koichi Hirayama |
| Kuniko Miyake | ... | Fumiko Hirayama - his wife |
| Kyôko Kagawa | ... | Kyoko Hirayama |
| Eijirô Tôno | ... | Sanpei Numata |
| Nobuo Nakamura | ... | Kurazo Kaneko |
| Shirô Osaka | ... | Keiso Hirayama |
| Hisao Toake | ... | Osamu Hattori |
| Teruko Nagaoka | ... | Yone Hattori |
| Mutsuko Sakura | ... | Patron of the Oden Restaurant |
| Toyo Takahashi | ... | Shukichi Hirayama's Neighbor (as Toyoko Takahashi) |
| Tôru Abe | ... | Train employee |
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Tokyo Story (USA)
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136 min
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Brazil:18 |
Hong Kong:I |
Sweden:Btl |
Portugal:M/12 |
Australia:PG |
Finland:S |
UK:U |
Spain:T |
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The original negative was lost soon after the film was completed, due to a fire at the vault of the lab in Yokohama city. The film had to be released using prints made from a dupe protective negative.
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I need to say this: THIS MOVIE IS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!!! Sure it starts off slowly, but the fact of the matter is the film is a great story of a family and the alienation associated with aging. This is the kind of movie that will make you reflect upon your own family and how you treat them.
I had never seen an Ozu film before, but now I feel as if I must see them all. His use of cinematic space is incredible. He breaks all sorts of conventions with his cinematography such as violating the axis of action. This gives the viewer the sense of a large, open, unrestricted world.
Going with this realism, the characters seem real; not for a moment did I see the people on the screen as actors. They were the family, and you as the viewer feels what they feel. Part of this comes from the use of head-on-shots such that the characters are speaking TO you.
It is a fantastic, moving piece of work and arguably one of the best films ever made.