An Inn in Tokyo

Ozu, Shochiku Kamata, 1935. Kihachi (Takeshi Sakamoto) and his two boys walk the industrial flats of Koto looking for work, catch stray dogs for coin, and share an inn with a woman whose child falls ill. He steals to pay the hospital and walks toward the police. Ozu's last surviving silent (College Is a Nice Place is lost); Hideo Mohara photographed the empty lots. National Film Archive of Japan and Shochiku materials are the source of circulating prints.