A cinema of rebels, beautiful like a Truffaut film!
AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME ON BLU-RAY
A humble office worker lives in the suburbs of Tokyo with his family. Seeing their father fawning over his boss, Ryoichi and Keiji demand an explanation. Faced with his unsatisfactory response, the two boys begin a hunger strike in protest...
Filmed from a child's perspective, Tokyo Story is a skillful blend of comedy, drama, and social commentary, delivered with great humor and tenderness. Through the film's mischievous direction, which captures the expressions, resentments, and small pleasures of the two children with disarming naturalness, a portrait of Japanese society and its rigidity emerges. Twenty-seven years later, Yasujiro Ozu would offer a sublime color variation on this theme with Good Morning . Available for the first time on Blu-ray™ in its 4K restoration, Tokyo Story features a musical score by British composer Ed Hughes, performed by The New Music Players.
KIDS OF TOKYO by Yasujiro Ozu
(1932 - Black & White - 91 min)
New 4K restoration
Original version with French subtitles
Blu-ray Edition
Never before released on Blu-ray
INCLUDES A SECOND FILM DIRECTED BY YASUJIRO OZU
HELLO ( 1959 – Color – 94 min – Original Version with French Subtitles – 2K Restoration )
In a suburb of Tokyo, life goes on peacefully. One day, young Minoru and Isamu pester their parents for their own television, but to no avail. The older boy, angered by the adults' hypocrisy, decides to go on a "talking strike," immediately followed by his younger brother…
ORIGINAL TRAILER
EXTRAS (IN HD)
IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER (15 min)
“ Koto Kids is a film about the relationship with authority. […] Telling this story in 1932 is not insignificant, even if Ozu does it in a comedic style, hidden behind the fact that it is a variation on a major American film success .” An exclusive interview with Pascal-Alex Vincent, filmmaker and lecturer at Sorbonne Nouvelle, author of the book Yasujiro Ozu: A Family Affair (Éditions de La Martinière).
2025 TRAILER
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BD 50 • HIGH DEFINITION MASTER • 1080/23.98p • AVC ENCODING
Japanese intertitles with DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 musical accompaniment • French subtitles • 1.33 aspect ratio preserved • Black & White • Film duration: 91 minutes
Release date: May 6, 2025
