Movie·1953·2h 17m
Tokyo Story
As long as life goes on, relationships between parents and children will bring boundless joy and endless grief.
Country
Japan
Language
English
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// overview
The Story
Original title: 東京物語
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.
Written By
Kōgo Noda
Producer
Takeshi Yamamoto
Cinematography
Yûharu Atsuta
Music
Takanobu Saitō
Editor
Yoshiyasu Hamamura
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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// cast
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
// crew
Crew
Yasujirō Ozu
Director, Screenplay
Yûharu Atsuta
Director of Photography
Takanobu Saitō
Original Music Composer
Takeshi Yamamoto
Producer
Yoshiyasu Hamamura
Editor
Kōgo Noda
Screenplay
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