Tokyo Story (1953)

One of cinema's most cherished pictures. A japanese tale, that is oddly enough, similar to tales we hear of in America. This movie fascinatingly studies the inevitable separation of families, and the inevitable painful regret one could have after a parent's death. This is a deep character study. I feel like a uncultured fool for saying this, but at times, it just seems uneventful. A lot of dialogue, and not a lot of action. Some of the shots are amazing. I appreciated the camera work in some of the conversation scenes, with the camera placed at ground level. Very complimentary of the Japanese custom, and very clever of Ozu to structure the image as such, in such a talky film. All in all, keep a very sharp attention span throughout, or you will be very agitated. It's a film worth giving a chance, namely through it's notoriety alone.