Tokyo Story - Alastair Philips (BFI Film Classics) Taiwan Jan Němec's debut short film

Jan Němec's debut short film based on the story by Arnošt Lustig

Includes introduction by Alex Cox

Following her mother's death a sensitive teenager is sent to a strict boarding school where she develops a romantic attachment to her sympathetic teacher

Tarantino and cast members

seen as exemplary of a peculiarly Australian style of heritage filmmaking

Tokyo Story - Alastair Philips (BFI Film Classics) Taiwan Jan Němec's debut short film'Tokyo Story' by Alastair Philips (BFI Film Classics paperback 110pages) The masterpiece of both controlled filmmaking and emotional complexity gets a close analysis from an expert on Japanese cinema.