Too Much: Woman of Tokyo + Introduction

BBFC RatingToo Much: Woman of Tokyo + Introduction

Showing: 15 November 2025

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Sat 15 Nov 2025

CertificateNot Rated
Year1933
GenreDrama
Director(s)Yasujirô Ozu
Writer(s)Tadao Ikeda, Kôgo Noda, Yasujirô Ozu
LanguageJapanese
CountryJapan
Running Time0HR 47MINS
Extra InfoEnglish subtitles, Recommended 12+
Season Too Much - Melodrama on Film

In this powerful, compassionate melodrama, Chikako (Yoshiko Okada) works by day as a typist to help put her brother Ryoichi (Ureo Egawa) through school. 

What he doesn’t know is that by night she also works as a prostitute—a secret that has the power to destroy them both.

Shot in just a little over a week, Woman of Tokyo nevertheless abounds with director Yasujiro Ozu’s sophisticated compositional touches (including his emerging use of pillow shots), which enhance the film’s shattering impact.

This screening will be introduced by Dr. Mervyn Marshall, lecturer in Film Studies at Queen's University, Belfast.

Too Much: Melodrama on film is a UK-wide season, supported by BFI National Lottery funding, celebrating the vivid visual language, heightened dramatics and emotional pathos at the heart of film melodrama.

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