Tokyo Story
“As long as life goes on, relationships between parents and children will bring boundless joy and endless grief.”
8.2
Rating
(1162 votes)
2h 17m
Runtime
1953
Released
6
Popularity
Genres
Overview
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.
Status
Released
Original Title
東京物語
Release Date
1953-11-03
Languages
English, Japanese
Directors
Writers
Kōgo NodaScreenplay
Yasujirō OzuScreenplay
