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In The Late Twenties And Early Thirties, Yasujiro Ozu Was Working Steadily For Shochiku Studios, Honing His Craft On Dozens Of Silent Films In Various Genres, From Romantic Melodramas To College Comedies To Gangster Pictures -- And, Of Course, Movies About Families. In These Three Droll Domestic Films -- Tokyo Chorus, I Was Born, But, And Passing Fancy, Presented Here With All-new Scores By Renowned Silent-film Composer Donald Sosin -- Ozu Movingly And Humorously Depicts Middle-class Struggles And The Resentments Between Children And Parents, Establishing The Emotional And Aesthetic Delicacy With Which He Would Transform The Landscape Of Cinema. [disc 1] Umarete Wa Mita Keredo = I Was Born, But (1931; 90 Min.) -- [disc 2] Dekigokoro = Passing Fancy (1933; 100 Min.) -- [disc 3] Tōkyō No Kōrasu = Tokyo Chorus (1931; 90 Min.). Directed By Yasujiro Ozu; Shochiku Company; Distributed By Eclipse From Criterion. Title From The Box. Originally Produced As A Motion Picture In 1931 And 1933. Director Of Photography And Editor, Hideo Mohara. Tatsuo Saito, Mitsuko Yoshikawa, Hideo Sugawara, Tomkio Aoki, Takeshi Sakamoto, Nobuko Fushimi, Den Obinata, Choko Iida, Reiko Tanki, Tokihiko Okada, Emiko Yakumo, Hideoko Takamine, Tatsuo Saito, Dvd; Dolby Digital Mono. Silent, With Optional Soundtrack; Japanese Intertitles With Optional English Subtitles. [disc 1] = I Was Born, But (1931; 90 Min.) -- [disc 2] = Passing Fancy (1933; 100 Min.) -- [disc 3] = Tokyo Chorus (1931; 90 Min.).