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DESCRIPTION:136 mins | Japan | Japanese\, English w/subtitles\n\n \n\n“Is
 n’t life disappointing?” Quite a question\, and it gets a profound ans
 wer in Ozu’s highly influential mega-masterpiece\, Tokyo Story\, which h
 as long been considered one of the greatest films of all time for a simple
  reason… it is.\n\nThe plot is simplicity itself: an aging couple come t
 o the big city to see their grown children\, maybe for the last time. The 
 connection just isn’t there. The miracle of Ozu—in this film\, certain
 ly\, but also in so many others—is to take stillness and find depth\, to
  create empathy and understanding for the characters and ourselves. His ca
 mera rarely moves\, yet it is always searching.\n\nThe film benefits immen
 sely from some seriously deep performances by Chishû Ryû and Chieko Higa
 shiyama as the elderly parents\, and ever-radiant Ozu regular Setsuko Hara
 \, one of the great screen presences of the 20th century\, as their widowe
 d daughter-in-law.\n\nAs Roger Ebert said\, “Tokyo Story lacks sentiment
 al triggers and contrived emotion\; it looks away from moments a lesser mo
 vie would have exploited. It doesn’t want to force our emotions\, but to
  share its understanding… It ennobles the cinema. It says\, yes\, a movi
 e can help us make small steps against our imperfections.”\n\nTokyo Stor
 y was named the 4th-greatest film of all time by Sight & Sound in its 2022
  poll\, behind Jeanne Dielman (playing earlier the same day in The Screeni
 ng Room)\, Citizen Kane\, and Vertigo. Pretty solid company.
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LOCATION:Screening Room @VTIFF\, First Floor
SUMMARY:Tokyo Story
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