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Apr 21, 2018
6/10
A necessary film, in the way that vegetables are necessary.
Tokyo Story
Visit website8.2/10 • 1.1K
1953-11-03 • 2h 17m
Drama
As long as life goes on, relationships between parents and children will bring boundless joy and endless grief.
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.
- Directors
- Yasujirō Ozu
- Editors
- Yoshiyasu Hamamura
Drama
Tokyo Story
Visit website1953-11-03 • 2h 17m
8.2/10 • 1.1K
As long as life goes on, relationships between parents and children will bring boundless joy and endless grief.
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.
- Directors
- Yasujirō Ozu
- Editors
- Yoshiyasu Hamamura
Top Billed Cast
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Chishū Ryū
Shukichi Hirayama
Chieko Higashiyama
Tomi Hirayama
Setsuko Hara
Noriko Hirayama
Haruko Sugimura
Shige Kaneko
Sō Yamamura
Koichi Hirayama
Kuniko Miyake
Fumiko Hirayama
Kyōko Kagawa
Kyoko Hirayama
Eijirō Tōno
Numata
Nobuo Nakamura
Kurazo Kaneko
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- Status
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- Original Language
- Japanese
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- Keywords
- fishbeachdreamsbabycomaparent child relationshippeaceboatcakeofficebaseballclassroomclasslanternliemarriageteaambitionretirementswingfamily relationshipsteacherold manhonorschooltokyo, japanblack and whitecomplicated relationshipsinterpersonal relationshipsshōwa era (1926-89)