A Great "Moving-On" Film: Yasujiro Oji's "Tokyo Story"

This movie, which I read about again in today's New York Times issue, indeed, ranks among the top movies in my own listing, too - saw it the first time years ago in the Philippines, in the '80s at the old Manila Film Center somewhere close to Manila Bay. More than what's being touted as a film on "transformation from rural life to city life," it's more about something else that I write about here in this blogsite. And I'm seeing it's actually more about "moving-on" that's always an underlying theme in one's life, especially for those married and with children, i.e. transition from growing up children to an empty nest. Watch the movie if you have the chance----I remember that it's not that known commercially, such that when I mentioned it to my Japanese co-workers when I still worked (for many years) in a Japanese company, they could not recall it---which is understandable, as it's in black & white, and Yasujiro Oji's, the director, barely a household name when it comes to movies.

Here's the material from New York Times:

(click on the title for more...)

You may get to watch it, in snatches, below - pls send feedback, if you have the chance - thank you!

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