Tokyo Story
Rana Mitter looks at the 1953 film Tokyo Story which is being rereleased by the BFI this June as part of their Japanese Cinema Season.
Actor Richard Wilson, Professor Naoko Shimazu and film critic Larushka Ivan-Zadeh join Rana Mitter to look at this cinematic classic which was one of the 53 films made by Yasujiro Ozu before his death in 1963. Tokyo Story follows an elderly couple who go to visit their busy grown up children and their widowed daughter-in-law.
It is being rereleased this month by the BFI as part of their season of Japanese Film – the Ozu collection goes on BFI Player on 5 June (with 25 titles available) and TOKYO STORY is released on BFI Blu-ray on 15 June.
You can find more on their website www.bfi.org.uk/japan
You might also be interested in the Free Thinking playlist on Japanese culture which includes discussions about the Kurosawa films Rashomon and Seven Samurai
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And if you want more discussions about significant cultural landmarks from The Tin Drum, This Sporting Life and 2001 to novels by Iris Murdoch, Muriel Spark and George Orwell we have a playlist of landmarks too /programmes/p01jwn44
Producer: Laura Thomas
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Tokyo Story
Tokyo Story is released by the BFI in a Dual Format Edition (Blu-ray and DVD discs together).
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Rana Mitter |
| Interviewed Guest | Richard Wilson |
| Interviewed Guest | Naoko Shimazu |
| Producer | Laura Thomas |
| Interviewed Guest | Larushka Ivan-Zadeh |
Broadcasts
- Wed 18 Dec 2013 22:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
- Tue 2 Jun 2020 22:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
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