Tokyo Story 1953 Yasujiro Ozu

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Tokyo Story (1953) Yasujiro Ozu
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Tokyo Story (1953) Yasujiro Ozu

• No. 5 on SIGHT SOUNDs 2002 poll of Top Ten
  Films of All Time.
• Formally different, cultural differences?
• Narrative omissions (ellipsis), delayed
  information.
• Framing continually positioned low, but not a
  low angle straight angle, often static.
• Use of space shoots in 360 degree space, actors
  sometimes seem to flip positions.
• Use of off-screen space a lot happens
  off-screen.
• Shot duration/pacing longer takes