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Documentaries like Tokyo-Ga

Not everyone loves Tokyo-Ga for the same reason. Pick the one that was yours, and the picks follow.

The 3 reasons people love Tokyo-Ga

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  1. You like long, quiet shots of a city going about its day.

  2. You love Ozu and want to look for his Tokyo.

  3. You like a filmmaker's diary of a real city and its habits.

Picks that share your reasons

Which reasons were yours?

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  • The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness2013

    • long, quiet shots of a city going about its day
    • a filmmaker's diary of a real city and its habits

    Good for you if you want to watch Miyazaki draw, grumble and doubt at his desk.

  • Sans Soleil1983

    • long, quiet shots of a city going about its day

    Good for you if you like letting a narrator's thoughts drift over the pictures.

  • The Beaches of Agnès2008

    • a filmmaker's diary of a real city and its habits

    Good for you if you like a filmmaker telling her own life in her own way.

  • Honeyland2019

    • a filmmaker's diary of a real city and its habits

    Good for you if you like a real life filmed over three years, with no narrator.

  • The Gleaners and I2000

    • a filmmaker's diary of a real city and its habits

    Good for you if you like meeting real people who live off what others throw away.

  • Burden of Dreams1982

    • a filmmaker's diary of a real city and its habits

    Good for you if you like watching a real film shoot slowly fall apart.

  • Jiro Dreams of Sushi2011

    • long, quiet shots of a city going about its day
    • a filmmaker's diary of a real city and its habits

    Good for you if you like watching a real craftsman at work with no story added.

  • Life in a Day2011

    • a filmmaker's diary of a real city and its habits

    Good for you if you want ordinary people filming their own lives.

  • The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing2004

    • Ozu and want to look for his Tokyo
    • a filmmaker's diary of a real city and its habits

    Good for you if you like seeing how silent films and classics were put together.

  • Lost in Translation2003

    • long, quiet shots of a city going about its day

    Good for you if you like a quiet film that drifts like a night without sleep.

  • Chronicle of a Summer1961

    • Ozu and want to look for his Tokyo

    Good for you if you like black and white films that invented a way of filming.

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