Sō Yamamura
1) Gung ho
Language
English
Description
A comedy on the clash of work attitudes between Japanese management and local American auto workers.
A struggling actor transforms himself into "Jericho, " leader of a mock-vigilante group that videotapes criminals and then turns the tapes over to the police.
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
日本語
Description
Tokyo Story follows an aging couple, Tomi and Sukichi, on their journey from their rural village to visit their two married children in bustling, post-war Tokyo. Their reception is disappointing: too busy to entertain them, their children send them off to a health spa. After Tomi falls ill she and Sukichi return home, while the children, grief-stricken, hasten to be with her.
Series
Criterion collection volume 217
Publisher
Shochiku Co., Ltd
Pub. Date
1953.
Language
日本語
Description
A self-centered couple is inconvenienced by a parental visit. When the mother falls ill, her children hasten to be with her.