Tokyo Story (1953)

JapaneseFilm1953137 minDrama★ 8.2/10

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.

Directed by

Yasujirō Ozu

Starring

Chishū Ryū, Chieko Higashiyama, Setsuko Hara

Music

Takanobu Saitō

Released

1953-11-03

Original title

東京物語

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