| An Inn in Tokyo | |
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| Directed by | Yasujiro Ozu |
| Produced by | Shochiku |
| Written by | Uinzato Mone (Yasujiro Ozu, Masao Arata, Tadao Ikeda) |
| Starring | Takeshi Sakamoto, Yoshiko Okada, Chouko Iida, Tomio Aoki, Kazuko Ojima |
| Cinematography | Hideo Shigehara |
| Editing by | Hideo Shigehara |
| Distributed by | Shochiku |
| Release date(s) | 1935 |
| Running time | 80 min. |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Silent film Japanese intertitles |
An Inn in Tokyo (東京の宿 Tokyo no yado) is a 1935 silent film directed by Yasujiro Ozu. The film is Ozu's last extant silent film.
The script of the film is credited to a person by the name of Uinzato Mone, which means in Japanese, "Without Money". In fact the screenplay was written by Ozu, Masao Arata and Tadao Ikeda during a period when Ozu is rather short on cash; hence the composite penname.
Kihachi (Takeshi Sakamoto), an unemployed worker, wanders around the industrial flatlands of Tokyo's Koto district with his two young sons, Zenko (Tomio Aoki) and Masako (Takayuki Suematsu). He is unable to find a job and has to rely on his sons catching stray dogs to earn reward money for their meals. As days go by, Kihachi and the boys no longer have enough money to stay at an inn for the night. Luckily for him, he encounters an old friend, Otsune (Chouko Iida), who finds him a job and allows them to stay at her eatery house.
Kihachi meets again a fellow impoverished soulmate, a single mother by the name of Otaka (Yoshiko Okada) and her young daughter Kimiko (Kazuko Ojima). Otaka is looking for a job but cannot find one. Out of compassion he brings them to Otsune's eatery for something to eat. As time goes by a bond develops between Kihachi and Otaka, and he falls for her. His sons too grow fond of the mother and daughter. But Kimiko falls ill because of dysentery and Otaka has no money to foot her hospitalization bills. Out of love and desperation, Kihachi resorts to stealing. He escapes back home, confides in Otsune (who scolds him for his folly in keeping things to himself) and leaves the boys in Otsune's care, while he goes on the run.
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