tiistai 14. heinäkuuta 2009

Tokyo Story


Yasujiro Ozu, 1953 (suom. "Ensimmäinen matka")

A total surprise: after wiping tears many times during the film, after the film I had to ask myself what just had happened. I think this kind of a film can only be made in Japan. A normal family is pictured in a calm and simple way, but the emotional story-telling, that is in focus, happens behind the lines which occurs in the perfect setup of Japanese traditional parents; they do not say aloud what they think but the viewer needs to know this based on their actions and the actions of others. The actor performances were as good as they can ever get.

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