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Drama

Tokyo Story

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

Director
Yasujirō Ozu
Year
1953
Runtime
2h 17m
Release
1953
Language
ja
Country
JP

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01 · Overview

What it’s about

The story

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.

  • #honor
  • #black and white
  • #coma
  • #baseball
  • #school
  • #ambition
  • #complicated relationships
  • #tea
  • #parent child relationship
  • #marriage
  • #swing
  • #baby

  • Directed by

    Yasujirō Ozu

  • Written by

    Kōgo Noda & Yasujirō Ozu

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