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| | Tokyo Story - Chishu Ryu, Chieko Higashiyama, Setsuko Hara |
 | | Cast: Chishu Ryu, Chieko Higashiyama, Setsuko Hara, Sô Yamamura, Haruko Sugimura, Kuniko Miyake, Kyôko Kagawa, Nobuo Nakamura, Eijirô Tono, Hisao Toake, Shirô Osaka, Shizuka Murase, Michihiro Mohri, Teruko Magaoka, Mutsuko Sakura, Toyoko Takahashi, Toru Abu, Sachiko Mitani, Junko Anan, Ryoko Mizuki, Yoshiko Togawa, Kazuhiro Itokawa |
 | | Starring Ozu regulars Chishu Ryu and Setsuko Hara, the film reprises one of the director’s favourite themes - that of generational conflict - in a way that is quintessentially Japanese and yet so universal in its appeal that it continues to resonate as one of cinema’s greatest masterpieces. |
 | | Ozu has been seen as the great traditionalist of Japanese cinema, yet increasingly scholars see his films as monuments to a certain kind of modernist spirit in Japan. |
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