1953
Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953)
Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot
★ 7.9 152 ratings
other title: 윌로 씨의 휴가 / ぼくの伯父さんの休暇 …
Monsieur Hulot, Jacques Tati’s endearing clown, takes a holiday at a seaside resort, where his presence provokes one catastrophe after another. Tati’s masterpiece of gentle slapstick is a series of effortlessly well-choreographed sight gags involving dogs, boats, and firecrackers; it was the first entry in the Hulot series and the film that launched its maker to international stardom.
Tokyo Story (1953)
東京物語
★ 9.2 806 ratings
other title: Viaggio a Tokyo / Viagem a Tóquio …
The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, Koichi, a doctor, and their daughter, Shige, a hairdresser, don't have much time to spend with their aged parents, and so it falls to Noriko, the widow of their younger son who was killed in the war, to keep her in-laws company.