Original subtitles

TOKYO STORY

Screenplay by Kogo Noda and Yasujiro Ozu

Cinematography by Yushun Atsuta

Cast Chishu Ryu

Directed by Yasujiro Ozu

A very good morning.

Good morning.

Leaving today?

Yes, this afternoon.

Really?

This is our chance to see all our children.

That's nice. They must be looking forward to your arrival.

Keep an eye on our house while we're gone, will you?

Of course.

Your children have all turned out so well.

You're very lucky.

I suppose so.

And what beautiful weather!

Yes, indeed.

You'll have a lovely trip.

Thank you.

I still can't find it.

No? It must be there.

Oh, here it is.

You found it? - Yes, I did.

A FILMED DIARY

It's simply true: there are not many images left.

When I look out here, I see nothing but buildings.

Here, images have become almost impossible.

It's as though you have to dig with a spade like an archaeologist.

And you have to...

You have to try, in this violated landscape,

to still find something...

Often this requires taking certain risks,

which I would never shy away from.

And I see that there are so few people left nowadays

who would be ready to take risks to relieve our misery

of not having enough appropriate images.

We absolutely need images

that correspond to our level of civilisation

and to our inner, deepest nature.

This can oblige us to go right into a war zone

or wherever necessary.

And I would never complain about the fact that sometimes it is difficult,

that sometimes you have to climb 8,000 metres

to reach the top of a mountain

in order to get images that are pure, clear and transparent.

Here, this is nearly impossible.

You have to search hard.

I would immediately fly to Mars or Saturn

if there was a rocket that I could get aboard.

For example there is NASA's Skylab project,

these space shuttles

that take biologists or engineers, for example,

to test new technical procedures in space.

I would like to join them one day with a camera,

because it is not easy anymore to find something on this planet

that constitutes the transparency of images

that once existed.

I would go anywhere for that.

You're going to be lonely with all them gone.

It was really so sudden.

If I had known

things would come to this,

I'd have been kinder to her while she was alive.

Sure.

Living alone, I feel the days will get very long.

Absolutely.

You will be lonely.

Yes.

THE END