An Inn in Tokyo (1935) on Netflix
Unemployed in Depression-era Tokyo, Kihachi and his two sons catch stray dogs for reward money and lodge at an inn. Otaka, a widow with a young daughter, is also looking for work.
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Plot summary
Kihachi and his two young sons, Zenko and Masako, walk the industrial flatlands on Tokyo's edge in search of factory work. With no job to be had, the family lives on the reward the boys earn catching stray dogs for the government's anti-rabies campaign, and the money for their room at an inn is running low. Zenko spends one bounty on an officer's cap he wants, and his father is angry, since the coins were meant for food. Otaka, a widow with a young daughter, is looking for work as well, and the boys and her daughter make friends when their paths cross. Kihachi's old friend Otsune finds him work and offers the family a room at the cafe.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about An Inn in Tokyo (1935)
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- An Inn in Tokyo's screenplay is credited to a nonexistent writer, Uinzato Mone or Winthat Monnet, a pun meaning "Without Money"; it was actually written by Yasujirō Ozu, Masao Arata and Tadao Ikeda while Ozu was short of cash.
- The 1935 film An Inn in Tokyo, directed by Yasujirō Ozu, is the last of his silent films that still exists.
