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Yasujiro Ozu’s 1953 Tokyo Story is regularly rated among the top films ever made and will soon be reissued on DVD. Ozu and cowriter Kogo Noda viewed the script as literature; once completed, it was little changed during filming. Here is a translation of the Japanese screenplay to Tokyo Story, with critical observations by Donald Richie on Ozu’s filmmaking, a filmography, a
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Paperback, 128 pages
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September 1st 2003
by Stone Bridge Press
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در تمام فهرستهای معتبر، فیلم داستان توکیو در ردههای بالای بهترین آثار تاریخ سینما دیده میشود. در کنار فرمِ ساده اما در عین حال بینقصش، فکر میکنم داستانِ فیلم دلیل اصلی این توجه است. داستانی که سرراست و بدون حرف اضافی، ماجرایی را به تصویر میکشد که عینِ زندگی است. درست مثل زندگی، گاهی خندهآور است، گاهی خستهکننده و البته اغلب غمانگیز.
اوزو در غالب پدر و مادرِ فیلم، نگرانی خود از فروپاشی خانواده و دوری اعضای آن از هم را نشان میدهد. نشان میدهد که چقدر این مسئله برایش دردناک است اما به آن لب ...more
اوزو در غالب پدر و مادرِ فیلم، نگرانی خود از فروپاشی خانواده و دوری اعضای آن از هم را نشان میدهد. نشان میدهد که چقدر این مسئله برایش دردناک است اما به آن لب ...more
From the Criterion Collection notes: "A profoundly stirring evocation of elemental humanity, 'Tokyo Story' is the crowning achievement of the unparalleled Yasujiro Ozu. The film, which follows an aging couple's journey to visit their grown children in bustling post-war Tokyo, surveys the rich and complex world of family life with the director's customary delicacy and incisive perspective on social mores ...... plumbs and deepens the director's recurring theme of generational conflict, creating w
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Anything that Donald Richie has his name on it I will get it and read it. But also when it deals with one of the great films of the 20th Century, "Tokyo Story" it's a must. The screenplay on a page by no means replace the actual images on the screen (or on dvd) but it's nice to have it near the Criterion edition of this remarkable piece of work.
Richie wrote the translation and also the notes. If anyone here haven't seen the film, please do so. Ozu is one of the greats.
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Richie wrote the translation and also the notes. If anyone here haven't seen the film, please do so. Ozu is one of the greats.
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Yasujirō Ozu (小津 安二郎, Ozu Yasujirō?, 12 December 1903 – 12 December 1963) was a prominent Japanese film director and (sometimes under the name James Maki) script writer. He is known for his distinctive technical style, developed since the silent era. Marriage and family, especially the relationships between the generations, are among the most persistent themes in his body of work. His outstanding
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