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Tokyo Ga 1985 Wim Wenders travels to Japan in search of the Tokyo seen in the films of Yasujiro Ozu Ozus own Tokyo monogatari 1953 is a helpful but not mandatory pre requisite to seeing Tokyo Ga 1985

The Moon Has Risen 1955 Mokichi is the widower father of three daughters, with whom he has been living on the premises of a temple since the war All three daughters become involved in varied complicated relationships The sisters and their attached men are deliberately designed as allegorical figures

She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum 1955 An old man, being rowed along a river, sees a field of daisies or Wild Chrysanthemums, as they are described in the title, or starworts, as they are referred to in the subtitles, and thinks back to when he was fifteen He recalls his time with, and away from, th

Good Morning (1959) This movie takes a look at a Westernized suburban area in Japan in the late '50s. It focuses mainly on the daily lives of a small community and the way its members interact. It also demonstrates the power of oral communication and the way in which small talk acts as a lubricant f

Japans Longest Day (1967) Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies for unconditional surrender. Minister of the Army Anami leads the military officers who propose to fight on, even to the de

Boyhood (1951) When a family has to relocate due to the war, they are ostracized by their new community.

There Was a Father (1942) A father and his son, a son and his father. Horikawa is a widower, a teacher, and a good father to Ryohei, who's about 10. After a tragedy, Horikawa resigns from teaching and takes Ryohei from Tokyo to the town of Ueno, enrolling him in junior high; to the lad's sorrow, he

Home from the Sea (1972) On a beautiful island in Seto Inner Sea, Seichi and Minko make their living by transporting rocks to construction sites by boat. They cherish the deepest affection for this piece of land they call home, and the simple life they lead. But rapid industrial growth makes it all

Late Spring (1949) Noriko is 27 years old and is still living with her father Somiya, a widower. Noriko just recovered from an illness she developed in the war, and now the important question pops up: when will Noriko start thinking about marriage? Everybody who is important in her life tries to tal

Tokyo Story (1953) An elderly couple journey to Tokyo to visit their children and are confronted by indifference, ingratitude and selfishness. When the parents are packed off to a resort by their impatient children, the film deepens into an unbearably moving meditation on mortality.