Tokyo Chorus
Combining three prevalent genres of the day, the student comedy, the salaryman film, and the domestic drama, Ozu created this warmhearted family comedy, and demonstrated that he was truly coming into his own as a cinema craftsman. The setup is simple: Low wage-earning dad Okajima is depending on his bonus, and so are his wife and children, yet payday doesn't exactly go as planned. Exquisite and economical, Ozu's film alternates between brilliantly mounted comic sequences and heartrending working-class realities.
Starring Tokihiko Okada, Emiko Yagumo, Hideo Sugawara, Hideko Takamine, Tatsuo Saitō, Chōko Iida, Takeshi Sakamoto, Reikô Tani, Kenichi Miyajima, Isamu Yamaguchi
Watch "Tokyo Chorus" from streaming services Criterion Channel, Kanopy released in 1931. It's a drama and comedy movie, and has a rating of 7.2 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie.
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