{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"BP318 Tokyo Story","description":"Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 318: Tokyo Story Released 28 May 2025 For this episode, we watched the 1953 Japanese classic Tokyo Story, directed by Yasujir\u014d Ozu from a screenplay by Ozu and his frequent collaborator Kogo Noda. This film came in at number 4 on the most recent Sight &amp;amp; Sound critics poll and has often featured in the poll\u2019s upper reaches as well as making strong showings in many other greatest-films-of-all-time lists. It has a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and 100\/100 on Metacritic.  Influential Storytelling thesis  https:\/\/gensoken.toyo.ac.jp\/japanese-society-and-culture\/vol3\/iss1\/2\/ 16 Postcodes  https:\/\/museumofcomedy.ticketsolve.com\/ticketbooth\/shows\/873655309  https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/film\/awards\/oscars-viewing-requirement-loopholes-1236380799\/  BEST PICK \u2013 the book is available now from all the usual places, and the paperback is out now.  From the publisher https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/best-pick-book-rowman UK Amazon https:\/\/amzn.to\/3zFNATI US Amazon https:\/\/www.amzn.com\/1538163101 UK bookstore https:\/\/www.waterstones.com\/book\/9781538163108 US bookstore  https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/best-pick-john-dorney\/1139956434 Audio book https:\/\/www.audible.co.uk\/pd\/Best-Pick-Audiobook\/B09SBMX1V4  To send in your questions, comments, thoughts and ideas, you can join our Facebook group, email us on bestpickpod@gmail.com, or find us on Bluesky. You can also visit our website at https:\/\/bestpickpod.com and sign up to our mailing list to get notified as soon as a new episode is released. Just follow this link: http:\/\/eepurl.com\/dbHO3n. If you enjoy this podcast and you\u2019d like to help us to continue to make it, you can now support us on Patreon for as little as \u00a32.50 per month, but please be aware that future releases will continue to be sporadic. &amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"The Best Pick movie podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/bestpickpod.com\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/36691385\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/188718595"}