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Tokyo Chorus

Original title: Tôkyô no kôrasu
  • 19311931
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
1.4K
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Tokyo Chorus (1931)
ComedyDrama
A married Tokyo man faces unemployment after standing up for an older colleague.A married Tokyo man faces unemployment after standing up for an older colleague.A married Tokyo man faces unemployment after standing up for an older colleague.
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
1.4K
YOUR RATING
    • Yasujirô Ozu
    • Komatsu Kitamura(original story)
    • Kôgo Noda(original story)
  • Stars
    • Tokihiko Okada
    • Emiko Yagumo
    • Hideo Sugawara
    • Yasujirô Ozu
    • Komatsu Kitamura(original story)
    • Kôgo Noda(original story)
  • Stars
    • Tokihiko Okada
    • Emiko Yagumo
    • Hideo Sugawara
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 14User reviews
    • 23Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    Tokyo Chorus (1931)
    Tokihiko Okada, Hideo Sugawara, Hideko Takamine, and Emiko Yagumo in Tokyo Chorus (1931)
    Tokihiko Okada and Tatsuo Saitô in Tokyo Chorus (1931)
    Reikô Tani in Tokyo Chorus (1931)
    Emiko Yagumo in Tokyo Chorus (1931)
    Hideko Takamine in Tokyo Chorus (1931)
    Tatsuo Saitô in Tokyo Chorus (1931)
    Tokihiko Okada in Tokyo Chorus (1931)
    Tokyo Chorus (1931)
    Hideo Sugawara in Tokyo Chorus (1931)
    Tokihiko Okada, Hideo Sugawara, Hideko Takamine, and Emiko Yagumo in Tokyo Chorus (1931)
    Emiko Yagumo in Tokyo Chorus (1931)

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    Tokihiko Okada
    • Shinji Okajima
    Emiko Yagumo
    • Tsuma Sugako (His wife)
    Hideo Sugawara
    • Sono Chounan (First Son)
    Mitsuo Ichimura
    Hideko Takamine
    Hideko Takamine
    • Sono Choujo (First Daughter)
    Tatsuo Saitô
    Tatsuo Saitô
    • Omura Sensei (Teacher)
    Chôko Iida
    Chôko Iida
    • Sensei no tusma (Mrs. Omura)
    Takeshi Sakamoto
    Takeshi Sakamoto
    • Rou-Shain Yamada (Old employee)
    Reikô Tani
    • Shachou (Company President)
    Ken'ichi Miyajima
    • Hisho (Secretary)
    Chishû Ryû
    Chishû Ryû
    Isamu Yamaguchi
    • Kaisha no Douryou (An Employee)
    Kanji Kawara
      • Yasujirô Ozu
      • Komatsu Kitamura(original story) (author: novel "Tokyo no Gassho")
      • Kôgo Noda(original story) (screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      In the top 10 of Kinema Junpo's Top Japanese Movies of 1931.
    • Quotes

      Shinji Okajima: No waitresses?

      Omura Sensei (Teacher): No waitresses. My wife and I do all the work.

      Shinji Okajima: Pretty waitresses can attract customers.

      Omura Sensei (Teacher): Like they attracted you as a student?

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      Featured in The Left-Handed Woman (1977)

    User reviews14

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    9/10
    Another gem from Ozu
    Another great film from Ozu. As always, his characters feel alive and its hard not to feel involved. The writing, the directing and the acting are great. There is a slapstick aspect that is absent from aosu's later works. It only gave the film more charm.
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    • Apr 29, 2019

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    • Release date
      • December 1982 (United States)
      • Japan
      • Official Site - DVD (Japan)
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      • Japanese
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      • Shochiku
      • Shochiku Kamata
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    • 1 hour 30 minutes
      • Black and White
      • Black and White
      • Silent

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