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An Inn in Tokyo (1935)
Directed by Yasujirō Ozu
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Kihachi, an unemployed worker, wanders around the industrial flatlands of Tokyo’s Koto district with his two young sons, Zenko and Masako. He is unable to find a job and has to rely on his sons catching stray dogs to earn reward money for their meals. As days go by, Kihachi and the boys no longer have enough money to stay at an inn for the night. Luckily for him, he encounters an old friend, Otsune, who finds him a job and allows them to stay at her eatery house.
Length 80 minutes
Actors
Takeshi Sakamoto | Yoshiko Okada | Chôko Iida | Chishū Ryū | Tomio Aoki | Kazuko Ojima | Takayuki Suematsu
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/11/2013 | Movie Screen | Film | Theater | 7.5 stars |
| (Average) 7.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
When I saw that this movie was not available on home video, Criterion or otherwise, I didn’t hesitate to head down to Music Box to see this. I’m so glad I did not just for the chance to see an Ozu film in 35mm but also to hear Dennis Scott’s live accompaniment of original Japanese influence composition he developed in the morning prior to the screening. What we composed and performed during this silent movie was so good I kept wishing that I had a recording of it. There were moments when it was so good replicating a Japanese stringed instrument, a biwa perhaps, that I forgot it was an organ. The movie is quite disparate and tragic despite Ozu’s flashes of momentary humor. The of his films that I see the more I see the comparisons to Frank Capra. A shame this film hasn’t been released by Criterion or Kino Lorber.
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