Tokyo-Ga
Sign in to saveTokyo-Ga is a 1985 documentary film directed by Wim Wenders, about Japanese filmmaker Yasujirō Ozu. An international co-production of the United States and West Germany, the film was shot in spring 1983. Its focus ranges from explicit explorations of Ozu's filmmaking—Wenders interviews Ozu's regular cinematographer, Yuharu Atsuta, and one of Ozu's favorite actors, Chishū Ryū—to scenes of contemporary Tokyo, featuring pachinko machines and plastic food displays. Wenders introduces the film as a "diary on film."
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7.1German director Wim Wenders tries to explore the Tokyo that was depicted in the films of Yasujiro Ozu and finds a very different city.
Released: 1985-04-2492 minDir: Wim WendersDocumentary
Cast
- Chishū Ryū as Self
- Yûharu Atsuta as Self
- Werner Herzog as Self
- Chris Marker as Self (uncredited)
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Tokyo-Ga
- Film.image
- File:Tokyo-Ga (1985) Japanese poster.jpg
- Film.caption
- Japanese theatrical release poster
- Film.director
- Wim Wenders
- Film.writer
- Wim Wenders
- Film.producer
- Wim Wenders
- Film.narrator
- Wim Wenders
- Film.music
- Laurent Petitgand
- Film.cinematography
- Edward Lachman
- Film.runtime
- 92 minutes
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- Published
- 1 January 1985
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- film
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Wim Wenders
- Screenwriter
- Wim Wenders
- Cast member
- Chris Marker
- Composer
- Laurent Petitgand
- Producer
- Wim Wenders
- Cinematographer
- Edward Lachman
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Tokyo-Ga is a 1985 documentary film directed by Wim Wenders, about Japanese filmmaker Yasujirō Ozu. An international co-production of the United States and West Germany, the film was shot in spring 1983. Its focus ranges from explicit explorations of Ozu's filmmaking—Wenders interviews Ozu's regular cinematographer, Yuharu Atsuta, and one of Ozu's favorite actors, Chishū Ryū—to scenes of contemporary Tokyo, featuring pachinko machines and plastic food displays. Wenders introduces the film as a "diary on film."
Tokyo-Ga was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival.
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