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Tokyo Story

Original title: 東京物語

As long as life goes on, relationships between parents and children will bring boundless joy and endless grief.

  • Movie
  • 1953
  • 2h 17m

Directed by Yasujirō Ozu

8.1

TMDB audience rating
8.1 out of 10 from 1,285 votes

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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.

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Cast and crew

  • Chishū Ryū

    Chishū RyūShukichi Hirayama

  • Chieko Higashiyama

    Chieko HigashiyamaTomi Hirayama

  • Setsuko Hara

    Setsuko HaraNoriko Hirayama

  • Haruko Sugimura

    Haruko SugimuraShige Kaneko

  • So Yamamura

    So YamamuraKoichi Hirayama

  • Kuniko Miyake

    Kuniko MiyakeFumiko Hirayama

  • Kyōko Kagawa

    Kyōko KagawaKyoko Hirayama

  • Eijirō Tōno

    Eijirō TōnoNumata

  • Nobuo Nakamura

    Nobuo NakamuraKurazo Kaneko

  • Shirō Ōsaka

    Shirō ŌsakaKeizo Hirayama

  • Hisao Toake

    Hisao ToakeOsamu Hattori

  • Teruko Nagaoka

    Teruko NagaokaYone Hattori

  • Mutsuko Sakura

    Mutsuko SakuraOden Restaurant Woman

  • Toyo Takahashi

    Toyo TakahashiWoman Next Door

  • Tōru Abe

    Tōru AbeRailway Staff

  • Sachiko Mitani

    Sachiko MitaniApartment Owner

  • Ryōko Mizuki

    Ryōko MizukiBeauty Salon Customer

  • Keijirō Morozumi

    Keijirō MorozumiPoliceman

Director
Yasujirō Ozu
Writer
Kōgo Noda and Yasujirō Ozu
Music
Takanobu Saitō
Cinematography
Yûharu Atsuta