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Tokyo Story

1953 • 2h17m Drama

Rating

8.2/10

Popularity

4

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.

Details

Director

Yasujirō Ozu

Screenplay

Kōgo Noda

Yasujirō Ozu

Cast

Chishū Ryū

Chieko Higashiyama

Setsuko Hara

Release date

11/3/1953

Status

Released

Origin country

JP

Vote count

1161