Tokyo Story (1953)
Directed by Yasujiro
Ozu this film stars Chishu Ryu, Chieko Higashiyama and Setsuko Hara.
An elderly couple travel to Tokyo to visit their grown up children
and their families.
You will find this
film on a number of “greatest ever film” lists and it is
certainly a very good film but I am not sure it does enough to jump
off the screen to fulfil it's reputation. The story is a sad one of
children that no longer have time for their parents that could just
as easily be set today as 60 years ago. While the direction and
editing are slightly different to what you might be used to it is
done in such a subtle way that you may not even notice.
4/5
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