A profoundly stirring evocation of elemental humanity and universal heartbreak, Tokyo Story is the crowning achievement of the unparalleled Yasujiro Ozu. The film, which follows an aging couple’s journey to visit their grown children in bustling postwar Tokyo, surveys the rich and complex world of family life with the director’s customary delicacy and incisive perspective on social mores. Featuring lovely performances from Ozu regulars Chishu Ryu and Setsuko Hara, Tokyo Story plumbs and deepens the director’s recurring theme of generational conflict, creating what is without question one of cinema’s mightiest masterpieces.

STARS...........: Chishu Ryu, Chieko Higashiyama, So Yamamura DIRECTOR........: Yasujiro Ozu WRITERS.........: Kogo Noda, Yasujiro Ozu GENRE...........: Drama TOMATOMETER.....: 100 IMDB RATING.....: 8.2/10 42,111 votes IMDB LINK.......: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046438 RUNTIME.........: 2h 17mn SIZE............: 5.04 GB VIDEO CODEC.....: HEVC (Main@L4) BITRATE.........: 5000 Kbps (2-pass) RESOLUTION......: 1440x1080 ASPECT RATIO....: 1.33:1 FRAMERATE.......: 23.976 fps AUDIO1..........: Japanese AAC 1.0 185kbps AUDIO2..........: Commentary with David Desser SUBTITLES.......: ENG CHAPTERS........: Yes SOURCE..........: Blu-ray ENCODED BY......: Sartre ENCODE DATE.....: 2019-01-11

Extras

• Audio commentary featuring Yasujiro Ozu scholar David Desser, editor of Ozu’s “Tokyo Story”.

• I Lived, But... , a two-hour documentary from 1983 about Ozu’s life and career, featuring interviews with critics and former cast and crew members.

• Talking with Ozu, a forty-minute tribute to the director from 1993, featuring the reflections of filmmakers Lindsay Anderson, Claire Denis, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Aki Kaurismäki, Stanley Kwan, Paul Schrader, and Wim Wenders.

• Documentary from 1988 about actor Chishu Ryu’s career at Shochiku’s Ofuna studios, featuring a lengthy interview with Ryu.

• Trailer

• New English subtitle translation