She turns to her right, where an iPad sits on a music stand, providing a full view of her piano to her audience, packed into little individual squares across the screen. And while she is delighted to receive the cheers of her fellow performers and her teacher, she can’t help but wonder...That was it? That was the recital?

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Directed by the famed Yasujiro Ozu, “Tokyo Story” is a moving two-hour film with the simple plot of an old couple travelling to Tokyo to visit their grown up children.

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