Showing posts with label Ozu. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ozu. Show all posts

Thursday, March 11, 2021

Tokyo Story

 Yasujiro Ozu's Tokyo Story (1953) is widely beloved, and is often held up as one of the greatest films of all time. I've seen it but need to watch it again for tonight's cinema chat group. I'm going to pay attention to the way the film represents the post-war moment as well as family dynamics.

 

 

Here is a lovely explanation of key elements of Ozu's style: