Tokyo Story / Tokyo monogatari (1953, Yasujiro Ozu) #1 Greatest Movie

Follow us on Facebook: The ageing couple of Shukishi, and his wife, Tomi, leave their small rural village of Onomichi to visit their married children and grandchildren in bustling post-war Tokyo. However, their offspring’s reaction is far from what they expected: the reception of their elder son, the always busy, Dr Koichi, is utterly disappointing. Now, against the backdrop of unconscious but majestic indifference and silently culpable neglect, love turns into guilt; hope transforms into failure, and dreams suffocate in an abysmal generation gap. Can a simple trip to Tokyo expose the essence of loneliness and the frail existence of man? This Japanese film is on public domain since the copyrights have expired: Pre-1953 movie: ’50 years after the publication’ protection expired before 2003. ’70 years after the publication’ duration with the 2003 law that does not apply for movies published before 1953. And ’38 years after the creator death’ for movies published before 1971. Yasujiro Ozu (1903-1963) - Director, Writer Kogo Noda (1893-1968) - Writer Takeshi Yamamoto (1908-1972) - Producer