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82% Critic Match
Tokyo Story
“As long as life goes on, relationships between parents and children will bring boundless joy and endless grief.”
8.2 / 10• 1953• 2h 17m•NR• Japanese
Drama
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Chishū Ryū
Shukichi Hirayama
Lead
Chieko Higashiyama
Tomi Hirayama
Setsuko Hara
Noriko Hirayama
Haruko Sugimura
Shige Kaneko
So Yamamura
Koichi Hirayama
Kuniko Miyake
Fumiko Hirayama
Kyōko Kagawa
Kyoko Hirayama
Eijirō Tōno
Numata
What People Are Saying
5.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Yasujirō Ozu's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Tokyo Story is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
