Tokyo Chorus

Tokyo Chorus

1931
Comedy, Drama
1h 30m
A young salary-man loses his white-collar insurance job trying to cover for an aging colleague. Unfortunately, it is 1931 and the Great Depression means few other employment opportunities. He has difficulty covering the expenses of his family. After misadventures, he runs into his former professor, now a health food café owner, who promises him aid if the young man assists him with the café.
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Tokyo Chorus

1931
Comedy, Drama
1h 30m
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Rated 13 Sep 2011
73
80th
Ozu combines some mild slapstick with a family drama. While some of the humorous scenes may be a dated, there are authentic moments that have a timeless quality.
Rated 13 Jan 2011
85
86th
Even early on, it was pretty clear that Ozu had a tremendous amount of talent. The shots are well-composed, and the characters are both likable and relatable-- things that would become staples of his work. I had a great time watching Tokyo Chorus. Although most would consider it a footnote in Ozu's storied career, it is no less lovingly crafted and affecting than the works that would follow.
Rated 22 Feb 2016
13
69th
Star Rating: ★★★1/2
Rated 15 Sep 2013
3
30th
well-made and woefully generic. seems a pretty clear example of the studio movies that were pumped out by for-hire directors.
Rated 05 Dec 2012
60
89th
A delightful little feel good movie from Yasujiro Ozu about a family man losing his job and trying to get back on his feet. Especially the interactions between the father (Tokihiko Okada) and his disappointed spoiled son (Sono Chounan) got me laughing. This is a very low key social comedy and more about the little things in their life rather then all-out drama.
Rated 07 Jan 2015
70
37th
It still looks good, but some things are a bit dated. I'm not sure if I was supposed to find the old professor's mustache hilarious. Some bits were still funny, though.
Rated 09 Jul 2008
75
54th
A gentle and amusing light comedy (plus mild social commentary) from Ozu. Nothing here will wow you, but it's as good as any similar American comedy. Some pretty good gags, and the story is economically told with a likeable set of characters.
Rated 07 Aug 2018
56
44th
A quiet dramedy from master filmmaker Yasujiro Ozu. There are a few amusing moments and some good acting but while I found the characters to be fairly realistic I also found them to be relatively unlikable as well. Better than average but not by much.
Rated 03 Jan 2019
75
69th
A bit too unfocused to match the biting commentary of I Was Born, But..., but Ozu clearly has a knack for following the jokes even this early in his career. The pencil sharpener gag had me dying.
Rated 09 Apr 2020
78
73rd
Tokyo Chorus takes us through a man, and his family's, struggle to find their way in the world, to understand the roles they play in life and what a job really means to the spirit. The movie doesn't really bring an end to any of these things. Ozu just concludes our view on this chapter, leaving a sense of the characters moving on while we remain in place to ponder and, maybe, hope.
Rated 06 May 2020
69
50th
One of the funnier Ozu's or at least sets the template of what he would do later on joke wise
Rated 16 Aug 2021
81
68th
Coral de Tóquio estreava há 90 anos no Japão. Dos primeiros Ozus esse é o que mais gostei, tem um bom balanço entre o humor e a melancolia que casam muito bem, mesmo ainda tendo uma forte influência do cinema americano como era usual aos seus primeiros filmes. DVDRip no MakingOff.

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