Lil’ Tokyo Story
Overview
A shot-for-shot reimagining of the opening credits and climax of Yasujirō Ozu’s Tokyo Story (1953). Re-setting the scene in Los Angeles and recasting Noriko and Kyoko with two Japanese actors performing in drag, the film interrogates notions of language and cultural memory in split screen Japanese and English versions (with literal translations of the original dialogue into English subtitles and literal translations of the English subtitles from the Criterion version back into Japanese).
About Lil’ Tokyo Story (2016)
Released in 2016, Lil’ Tokyo Story is a feature film (United States of America). It was directed by Matthew Lax and written by Yasujirō Ozu and Kōgo Noda. The cast is led by Hitoshi Maskai and Takenoi One. With a runtime of 7m, the film is available in full HD.
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