Tokyo Story (1953)

Name: Tokyo Story
Director: Yasujiro Ozu
Genre: Drama
Released: 2019-03-31
Duration: 136 min
Rating: 8.1
Cast: Chishû Ryû, Chieko Higashiyama, Setsuko Hara, Haruko Sugimura, Sō Yamamura

Tôkyô monogatari

"As long as life goes on, relationships between parents and children will bring boundless joy and endless grief. In the daily lives of ordinary people, a sense of deep affection wells up."

2 h 16 min1953

Í verkum sínum fjallaði Ozu einatt um sorgir og gleði hins hversdagslega fjölskyldulífs í Japan.

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All ages

Plot

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.