Directed by: Yasujiro Ozu
Released: 1953
Run time: 130 minutes
Certificate: U
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A sublime meditation on family, ambition and mortality
Tokyo Story is perhaps the most powerful reflection on the human condition ever committed to celluloid.
When an elderly couple travel to a rapidly-rebuilding Tokyo to visit their children, they are met with unexpected indifference, ingratitude and selfishness. As the vastly different priorities of pre- and post-war Japan collide, Yasujiro Ozu's materpiece deepens into a sublime meditation on family, ambition and mortality.
Considered by many to be the greatest film ever made, Tokyo Story is a subtle yet overwhelmingly emotional drama from one of Japan's finest directors whose masterful eye and scrupulous attention to character has influenced countless filmmakers around the world.
