El coro de Tokyo

(1931) Tokyo Chorus/ Tôkyô no kôrasu SILENT DRAMA

Very observant 'slice of life' movie from Yasujirô Ozu which centers on a group of students and how they respond to their instructor, then the film jumps to many years later focusing on one particular student who is now a father of three children working for a firm. And during the time to get his bonus, one of the company's oldest workers was asked to be let go who still had one year left to collect his pension, and as a result of one of his cohorts standing up to him, he gets fired as well! Despite the year in which this film was made, some of the practices that happen to some of the blue collar workers is still happening to people as of right now, which is the reason why this film works and clearly straight forward even though this film is a silent.