2016 · 0h 7m
A shot-for-shot reimagining of the opening credits and climax of Yasujirō Ozu’s Tokyo Story (1953). Re-setting the scene in Los Angeles and recasting Noriko and Kyoko with two Japanese actors performing in drag, the film interrogates notions of language and cultural memory in split screen Japanese…
Director: Matthew Lax
Writers: Yasujirō Ozu, Kōgo Noda, Donald Richie
Music by: Takanobu Saitō
Cinematography: Matthew Lax, Max Scheer
Editor: Matthew Lax