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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.

1953 · 2h 17m

Directed by Yasujirō Ozu

8.1

TMDB audience score
1,285 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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

  • Chishū Ryū
    Shukichi Hirayama

  • 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

  • Nobuo Nakamura
    Kurazo Kaneko

  • Shirō Ōsaka
    Keizo Hirayama

  • Hisao Toake
    Osamu Hattori

  • Teruko Nagaoka
    Yone Hattori

  • Mutsuko Sakura
    Oden Restaurant Woman

  • Toyo Takahashi
    Woman Next Door

  • Tōru Abe
    Railway Staff

  • Sachiko Mitani
    Apartment Owner

  • Ryōko Mizuki
    Beauty Salon Customer

  • Keijirō Morozumi
    Policeman