SPECIAL SCREENINGS

Tokyo-Ga

Director

Wim Wenders

Producers

Chris Sievernich

Wim Wenders

Cinematographer

Edward Lachman

Editor

Wim Wenders

Sound

Hartmut Eichgrün

Contact

Wim Wenders Foundation
Foundation seat:
Birkenstr. 47 47
40233 Düsseldorf
Germany

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1983

West Germany, United States

92 min

Color

German director Wim Wenders travels to Tokyo to explore the world of one of his cinematic heroes, Japanese celebrated film director Yasujirō Ozu. Sequences of Wenders’ view of Japan alternate with encounters and conversations with the crew and cast members of Ozu’s films.

Directors' Biography

Born in 1945, Wim Wenders came to international prominence as one of the pioneers of the World Cinema during the 1970’s and is considered to be one of the most important figures in contemporary German film.

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