Tokyo Story (1953)
As long as life goes on, relationships between parents and children will bring boundless joy and endless grief.
- Released
- Runtime 2h 17m
- Director Yasujirō Ozu
- Genres Drama
- Rating 8.1/10 (1,262 votes)
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.
Cast
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Chishū Ryū
as Shukichi Hirayama
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Chieko Higashiyama
as Tomi Hirayama
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Setsuko Hara
as Noriko Hirayama
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Haruko Sugimura
as Shige Kaneko
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So Yamamura
as Koichi Hirayama
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Kuniko Miyake
as Fumiko Hirayama
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Kyōko Kagawa
as Kyoko Hirayama
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Eijirō Tōno
as Numata
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Nobuo Nakamura
as Kurazo Kaneko
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Shirō Ōsaka
as Keizo Hirayama
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Hisao Toake
as Osamu Hattori
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Teruko Nagaoka
as Yone Hattori
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Mutsuko Sakura
as Oden Restaurant Woman
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Toyo Takahashi
as Woman Next Door
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Tōru Abe
as Railway Staff
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Sachiko Mitani
as Apartment Owner
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Ryōko Mizuki
as Beauty Salon Customer
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Keijirō Morozumi
as Policeman
Crew
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Yasujirō Ozu
Director
- Yûharu Atsuta Director of Photography
- Yoshiyasu Hamamura Editor
- Takanobu Saitō Original Music Composer
- Takeshi Yamamoto Producer
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Kōgo Noda
Screenplay
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Yasujirō Ozu
Screenplay