Tokyo Chorus (Tokyo no kôrasu)

An average movie

“I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since it was directed by Ozu and since it was on YouTube, I thought I might as well check it out. It is always rather strange to see a silent Japanese movie while, back then, in the US and in Europe, they had already started to deliver movies with sound for quite a while already. Since I already had the same experience with ‘Hijôsen no onna’ from the same director, I didn’t surprise me that much this time around though. Concerning the movie itself, I don’t think I’m an Ozu expert, not yet at least, but from all the movies I have seen from the Japanese master so far, it was easily the one which impressed me the least. Sure, as usual with Ozu, there was no real plot which didn’t bother me but the whole thing felt just rea” read more