Passing fancy = Dekigokoro

DVD 2008

Set in a crowded city tenement, a story of contrasts depicting an illiterate, lighthearted brewery worker, who is also a single father to a young, educated son. Their relationship is complicated when a woman becomes involved.

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Explore Topics & Themes:

Children of blue collar workers Japan Tokyo Drama

Families Japan Drama

Fathers and sons Japan Economic conditions Drama

Man-woman relationships Japan Drama

More in this Genre:

Comedy films Drama Feature films Melodramas (Drama) Silent films Video recordings

Part of a Series:

Eclipse Eclipse (Criterion Collection (Firm)). Series 10, Silent Ozu Eclipse ; ser. 10 Silent Ozu, three family comedies Silent Ozu, three family comedies ; ser. 10

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Edition:

Full-screen version

Description:

1 videodisc (100 min.) : silent, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
optical stereo Dolby
fullscreen
NTSC
video file DVD video region 1
monochrome

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: NR

Other Title:

Dekigokoro

Notes:

Title from container
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1933
Container liner includes the essay "Bringing it all back home" by film scholar Michael Koresky
Special feature: optional contemporary piano score by Donald Sosin
Director of photography, Shojiro Sugimoto ; editor, Kazuo Ishikawa
Takeshi Sakamoto, Nobuko Fushimi, Den Obinata, Chōko Iida, Tomio Aoki aka Tokkan Kozō, Reikō Tani
DVD, region 1, NTSC; Dolby digital stereo
Silent, with Japanese intertitles and optional English subtitles

Control Number:

3309506

Other Authors:

Aoki, Tomio
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Fushimi, Nobuko, 1919-1976
Iida, Chōko, 1897-1972
Ikeda, Tadao, 1905-1964
Janus Films
Maki, James
Obinata, Den, 1907-1980
Ozu, Yasujirō, 1903-1963
Sakamoto, Takeshi, 1899-1974
Shōchiku Kabushiki Kaisha
Tani, Reiko

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