Information
Release DateNovember 3, 1953
Runtime2h 17m
StatusReleased
ProductionShochiku
LanguagesEnglish, Japanese
8.2
1,162 votesPopularity5
Tokyo Story
"As long as life goes on, relationships between parents and children will bring boundless joy and endless grief."
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 & Crew
Director
Featured Cast
Chishū Ryū
Shukichi Hirayama
Chieko Higashiyama
Tomi Hirayama
Setsuko Hara
Noriko Hirayama
Haruko Sugimura
Shige Kaneko
So Yamamura
Koichi Hirayama
