Tokyo Story (Full Frame, Special Edition)

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Tokyo Monogatari follows an aging couple, Tomi and Shukichi, as they journey from their rural village to visit their two married children in bustling, postwar Tokyo. Their reception, however, is disappointing: too busy to entertain them, the children send them off to a health spa. After Tomi falls ill, she and Shukichi return home, while the children, grief-stricken, hasten to be with her. Starring Ozu regulars Chishu Ryu and Setsuko Hara, the film reprises one of the director's favorite themes, that of generational confliction a way that is quintessentially Japanese and yet so universal in its appeal that it continues to resonate as one of cinema's greatest masterpieces.

* A Two-Hour Documentary about the life and career of Ozu, * A 40-minute tribute to Ozu, *New essay, .

2-Disc Set; New high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound; Audio commentary by Ozu-film scholar David Desser, editor of Ozu's Tokyo Story; I Lived, But...: (1983) a two-hour documentary about the life and career of Ozu, featuring former assistant Shohei Imamura (director of The Pornographers, The Eel), critics Donald Richie and Tadao Sato, actors Chishu Ryu, Mariko Okada, Haruko Sugimura, and many more; Talking with Ozu: a 30-minute tribute to Yasujiro Ozu featuring reflections from directors Stanley Kwan, Aki Kurasmaki, Claire Denis, Lindsay Anderson, Paul Schrader, Wim Wenders, and Hou Hsiao-Hsien; Original theatrical trailer; New essay by David Bordwell, author of Ozu and the Poetics of Cinema; New and improved English subtitle translation.Audio Commentary, Trailers.