Tokyo Story

Tokyo Story (1953)

As long as life goes on, relationships between parents and children will bring boundless joy and endless grief.

  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1953-11-03
  • User Rating: 8.2/10 from 979 ratings
  • Parental Guidance: PG-13
  • Runtime: 2h 17min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Shochiku
  • Production Country: Japan
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Summary

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.

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    Directing Shōhei Imamura Second Assistant Director
    Writing Yasujirō Ozu Screenplay
    Directing Yasujirō Ozu Director
    Writing Kōgo Noda Screenplay
    Camera Yûharu Atsuta Director of Photography
    Editing Yoshiyasu Hamamura Editor
    Art Tatsuo Hamada Production Design
    Art Tatsuo Hamada Art Direction
    Sound Yoshisaburo Seno Sound Recordist
    Sound Takanobu Saitō Original Music Composer
    Production Takeshi Yamamoto Producer
    Costume & Make-Up Taizô Saitô Costume Design
    Sound Mitsuru Kaneko Sound Engineer
    Sound Yoshiomi Hori Sound Assistant