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AN INN IN TOKYO
♪ Live piano accompaniment by Steve Sterner
Japan, 1935
Directed by Yasujirō Ozu
With Takeshi Sakamoto, Yoshiko Okada, Chôko Iida, Tokkan Kozō
Approx. 80 min. 35mm.
Factory worker Takeshi Sakamoto (early Ozu star of PASSING FANCY, A STORY OF FLOATING WEEDS, etc.), on the road with two sons—including Tomio Aoki (aka Tokkan Kozō, child star of I WAS BORN BUT…, etc.) —finds work and friendly widow Yoshiko Okada, but a sudden illness causes theft. Ozu’s last surviving silent movie — and one of the world’s last as well.
Reviews
“Probably the masterpiece of Ozu’s silent period”
– Noel Burch