Tokyo-Ga

1985 [GERMAN]

Documentary

7
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 78% · 5 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 78% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.3/10 10 4024 4K

tokyo, japan city

Plot summary

German director Wim Wenders tries to explore the Tokyo that was depicted in the films of Yasujiro Ozu and finds a very different city.

Director

Wim Wenders Photo
Wim Wenders

Top cast

Werner Herzog Photo
Werner Herzog as Self
Chishû Ryû Photo
Chishû Ryû as Self
Chris Marker Photo
Chris Marker as Self
Yûharu Atsuta Photo
Yûharu Atsuta as Self
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
853.65 MB
986*720
German 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
24 fps
1 hr 32 min
Seeds 4
1.71 GB
1480*1080
German 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
24 fps
1 hr 32 min
Seeds 20

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by weegeeworld

Anyone in Love with Japan should see this film

I first went to Japan in 1986 as a high school exchange student. I had been studying about Japan for the past 6 years and was very excited to finally go there to see it in person. Wim Wenders was in a similar situation. He had fallen in love with a particular Japanese film-maker Ozu Yasujiru. Wim had been influenced from an early age by Ozu's work, and he decided to go to Japan while in the middle of making "Paris, Texas." During the break in the making of the film in Los Angeles, Wim boarded a 747 and flew across the Pacific to Tokyo, a place he had never been to before. What we get to see when we watch this film, is not only an interview with the cameraman that worked for Ozu for 25 years, but also Wim's personal discovery of Japan. Much of the film is just straight documentary-type footage accompanied with some pretty weird music. Riding in a taxi at night. Riding in a train at night. Following a little boy who is too tired to walk in the underground shopping mall with his mom, and decides to just sit down. The Cherry Blossom Festival picnics in Tokyo, the dancers at Harajuku on Sundays. A particularly fascinating scene is of a company that manufactures the wax food models you see outside most restaraunts in Japan. Overall, a wonderful film for anyone who loves Japan or is just interested in it. I rate this film among Wim's best works. If you can find it, rent it.
Reviewed by Jeremy_Urquhart 7 / 10

A solid documentary

This had been on my watchlist for ages, but after watching the excellent Perfect Days, it became a top priority. Both have Wim Wenders exploring Japan, though Tokyo-Ga is a documentary, and one with a surprising focus on Yasujiro Ozu. When Wenders is focused on Ozu, and interviewing people who knew the legendary filmmaker, I think Tokyo-Ga is at its best.There are other sections dedicated to just exploring technology and life in Japan, but these parts come up a little short at times. Wenders' narration can feel a little surface-level at times, or at least not as exceptional as Werner Herzog's would be, if he handled a film like this (he does have a cameo appearance here though, which was cool).It's a pretty good watch. It doesn't do for the documentary genre what Perfect Days does for non-documentary films, by any means, but it's still fairly good for what it is, and was relatively interesting to me throughout.
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