Tokyo-Ga
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“Tokyo was like a dream and today, my own images appear to me as if they were invented”
Overview
Moved by the work of director Yasujirô Ozu, director Wim Wenders travels to Japan in search of the Tokyo seen in Ozu's films. There he finds himself wandering around with a camera, observing a city unfamiliar yet intimate. Between speaking with renowned actor Chishū Ryū and cinematographer Yuharu Atsuta, both frequent Ozu collaborators, Wenders also runs into his curious European contemporaries Werner Herzog and Chris Marker. The rest of the time Wenders simply observes the people and the cityscape in peaceful contemplation and fascination while reflecting on the work, method and affect of Ozu.
Why See This Film
A lushly photographed and beautifully restored travelogue from our favourite road-tripper Wim Wenders, Tokyo-Ga (meaning ‘my version of Tokyo’) is at once a tourist’s time capsule of Japan in the ‘80s, an ambient city-film and a intimate diary of its director’s fascinations. While this is a must for fans of Wenders and Ozu (or Herzog; his lofty treatise on ‘pure images’ from the top of Tokyo Tower is essential), we highly recommend this to anyone missing or yearning for Tokyo and all its charms, splendour and warmth.
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