TOKYO CHORUS

Showings

Castro Theatre Fri, Jul 19, 2013 4:30 PM
Accompanied by Günter Buchwald

Description

Japan, 1931, Director Yasujiro Ozu

Cast
Tokihiko Okada, Emiko Yagumo, Hideo Sugawara, Hideko Takamine, Tatsuo Saito, Chouko Iida

General $15 / Member $13

Yasujiro Ozu’s Tokyo Chorus is a delicately composed tale of parental love, middle-class dreams, and suburban and urban realities. A young insurance salesman finds his life turned upside-down when he defends a fired co-worker. His family’s response, particularly his young son who wants a bicycle, is the heart of this film which shows the emergence of Ozu’s mature style—and a wonderful blend of comedy and drama. (TRT:90 mins.)