Tokyo Chorus (1931)

19311h 31mdir. Yasujirō OzuJapansilent filmdrama film

With Tatsuo Saitō, Hideko Takamine, Tokihiko Okada

Directed by Yasujirō Ozu

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Tokyo Chorus (東京(とうきょう)の合唱(コーラス), Tōkyō no Kōrasu) is a 1931 Japanese silent film directed by Yasujirō Ozu and starring Tokihiko Okada and Emiko Yagumo. It was based on various stories in the Shoshimin-gai (Middle Class Avenue) series and shares influences with King Vidor's The Crowd. Most of the film takes place in Tokyo during a depression-like time in the beginning of the Shōwa period.

Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from the Internet Archive.

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