Eclipse Series 10: SILENT OZU -- THREE FAMILY COMEDIES: OZU, Yasujiro: Tokyo Chorus (1931)

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OZU, Yasujiro (Japan)
Tokyo Chorus [1931]
Eclipse Series 10
DVD


Combining three prevalent genres of the day — the student comedy, the salaryman film, and the domestic drama — Ozu created the warmhearted Tokyo Chorus, and demonstrated that he was truly coming into his own as a cinema craftsman. The setup is simple: low wage-earning dad Okajima is counting on his bonus to make ends meet, and so are his wife and children. But payday doesn't go exactly as planned. Exquisite and economical, Ozu's film alternates between delicate comic sequences and heartrending social reality.

90 minutes
Black & White
Silent
Japanese Intertitles
1:33:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2008
Director/Writer


Yasujiro Ozu was 28 when he directed Tokyo Chorus.

Other Ozu films in the Collection:

Eclipse Series 42: Walk Cheerfully (1930)
Eclipse Series 42: That Night's Wife (1930)
Eclipse Series 10: I Was Born, But . . . (1932)
Eclipse Series 42: Dragnet Girl (1933)
Eclipse Series 10: Passing Fancy (1933)
#232: A Story Of Floating Weeds (1934)
#525: The Only Son (1936)
#526: There Was A Father (1942)
#331: Late Spring (1949)
#240: Early Summer (1951)
#989: The Flavor Of Green Tea Over Rice (1952)
#217: Tokyo Story (1953)
Eclipse Series 3:Early Spring (1956)
Eclipse Series 3: Tokyo Twilight (1957)
Eclipse Series 3: Equinox Flower (1958)
#84: Good Morning (1959)
#232: Floating Weeds (1959)
Eclipse Series 3: Late Autumn (1960)
Eclipse Series 3: End Of Summer (1961)
#446: An Autumn Afternoon (1962)

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