Tokyo Story

Unspooled

Paul Scheer & Amy Nicholson

Film Reviews, Tv & Film

4.6 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2020

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Amy & Paul visit 1953's Japanese generational drama Tokyo Story! They discuss the unique, still-life-inspired style of director Yasujiro Ozu, learn how the film became regarded as a masterwork by future generations of directors, and ask if the children of the central characters are actually villainous or just human. Plus: Which novelty single was huge in America when Tokyo Story was in theaters? This is the second episode in our Kinspooled series on “effed up families”; next week’s film is Eve's Bayou! Learn more about the show at unspooledpod.com follow us on Twitter @unspooled and Instagram @unspooledpod, and don’t forget to rate, review & subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher and Spotify. You can also apply to be a guest on our upcoming game show Screen Test at [email protected]! Photo credit: Kim Troxall

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, before we start the show,
0:01.9	wanted to let you know that I have a documentary coming out.
0:03.6	It's on Disney Plus.
0:04.4	It's part of the documentary series called Marvel 616.
0:07.9	I directed documentary Lost and Found.
0:09.7	It has people like John Hamm, Nicole Bire, Shannon Woodward,
0:13.0	and so many of your favorite Marvel comic book artists.
0:15.4	The series is actually amazing.
0:17.1	And it comes out Friday November 20th.
0:19.0	I hope you check it out.
0:20.4	The year is 1953.
0:23.1	And Gorošiņi Jāsasiko.
0:25.6	The movie?
0:26.4	Tokyo Story.
0:45.5	Hey everybody, welcome to Unspooled.
0:48.7	I'm Amy Nicholson.
0:49.7	And I am Paul Sheer and this is the show where we are endeavoring to figure out
0:54.0	the 100 Best Movies of All Time.
0:56.2	If you've been with us since the beginning,
0:57.9	you will know that we started off on the AFI Top 100 list.
1:01.4	We've called that list down to 40 essential films.
1:04.1	And now we are looking for another 60.
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