Blu-ray release: ‘Tokyo Story’
By Phil Mills | Apr 30, 2020
BFI are bringing the 1953 Japanese drama ‘Tokyo Story’ (東京物語) to UK Blu-ray on June 15, 2020.
Directed by Yasujiro Ozu, the film tells the story of an ageing couple who travel to Tokyo to visit their children but receive little attention. The cast includes Chishu Ryu, Chieko Higashiyama, Setsuko Hara, Haruko Sugimura, and So Yamamura.
Synopsis: Yasujiro Ozu’s ‘Tokyo Story’ follows an aging couple, Tomi and Sukichi, on their journey from their rural village to visit their two married children in bustling, postwar Tokyo. Their reception is disappointing: too busy to entertain them, their children send them off to a health spa. After Tomi falls ill she and Sukichi return home, while the children, grief-stricken, hasten to be with her.
Special Features:
• Remastered in 4K with an uncompressed monaural soundtrack
• An introduction to Tokyo Story (2020, 26 mins) with Tony Rayns
• Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (1941, 105 mins)
• Talking with Ozu (1993, 40 mins)
• Furnival and Son (1948, 19 mins)
• Image gallery
• Region: B
‘Tokyo Story’ is available for pre-order now from Amazon.co.uk. You can also stream the film via the BFI player.
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