Tokyo Story (1953) ⭐ 8.1 | Drama (original) (raw)

Setsuko Hara and Chishû Ryû in Tokyo Story (1953)

An old couple visit their children and grandchildren in the city, but receive little attention.An old couple visit their children and grandchildren in the city, but receive little attention.An old couple visit their children and grandchildren in the city, but receive little attention.

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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.

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