Film: Tokyo Story (1953)
Thursday, September 18, 2025 6:30–8:50 PM
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- DescriptionLearning Beyond the Classics: Voicing Intergenerational Trauma in Postwar Korea and Japan through Contemporary Cinema
Directed by Yasujiro Ozu
With Setsuko Hara, Chishu Ryu, Chieko Higashiyama
Not Rated, 137 minutes
In Japanese with English subtitles
A profoundly stirring evocation of elemental humanity and universal heartbreak, Tokyo Story is a crowning achievement of the unparalleled Yasujiro Ozu. The film, which follows an aging couple's journey to visit their grown children in bustling postwar Tokyo, surveys the rich and complex world of family life with the director's customary delicacy and incisive perspective on social mores. Featuring lovely performances from Ozu regulars Chishu Ryu and Setsuko Hara, Tokyo Story plumbs and deepens the director's recurring theme of generational conflict, creating what is without question one of cinema's mightiest masterpieces.
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*Free for ND, SMC, HC, and IUSB students.
**Co-presented by the David A. Heskin and Marilou Brill Endowment for Excellence, Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies, Franco Family Institute for Liberal Arts and the Public Good, East Asian Languages and Cultures, Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarship/Hesburgh Libraries. - Websitehttps://events.nd.edu/events/2025/09/18/tokyo-story-1953/