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Tokyo Story
Tokyo Story

Tokyo Story

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

Genres

Drama

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

137 mins

Rating

8.166/10

Release Date

03 November 1953

Country

Japan

Cast

Chishū Ryū

Chishū Ryū

Shukichi Hirayama

Chieko Higashiyama

Chieko Higashiyama

Tomi Hirayama

Setsuko Hara

Setsuko Hara

Noriko Hirayama

Haruko Sugimura

Haruko Sugimura

Shige Kaneko

Sō Yamamura

Sō Yamamura

Koichi Hirayama

Kuniko Miyake

Kuniko Miyake

Fumiko Hirayama

Kyōko Kagawa

Kyōko Kagawa

Kyoko Hirayama

Eijirō Tōno

Eijirō Tōno

Numata

Nobuo Nakamura

Nobuo Nakamura

Kurazo Kaneko

Shirō Ōsaka

Shirō Ōsaka

Keizo Hirayama

Hisao Toake

Hisao Toake

Osamu Hattori

Teruko Nagaoka

Teruko Nagaoka

Yone Hattori

Mutsuko Sakura

Mutsuko Sakura

Oden Restaurant Woman

Toyo Takahashi

Toyo Takahashi

Woman Next Door

Tōru Abe

Tōru Abe

Railway Staff

Sachiko Mitani

Sachiko Mitani

Apartment Owner

Ryōko Mizuki

Ryōko Mizuki

Beauty Salon Customer

Keijirō Morozumi

Keijirō Morozumi

Policeman

Shozo Suzuki

Shozo Suzuki

Office Worker

Haruko Chichibu

Haruko Chichibu

Inn Maid

Takashi Miki

Takashi Miki

Tuyautashi

Toshinosuke Nagao

Toshinosuke Nagao

Doctor

Zen Murase

Zen Murase

Minoru Hirayama

Mitsuhiro Môri

Mitsuhiro Môri

Isamu Hirayama

Yoshiko Togawa

Yoshiko Togawa

Hospital Patient

Fumio Tooyama

Fumio Tooyama

Inspired Man

Tomoka Hasebe

Tomoka Hasebe

Mahjong Player

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