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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.

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.

Release Date : 1953-11-03

Language :EnglishJapanese

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Shochiku

Production Country : Japan

Alternative Titles : Tokyo Story

Cast

Chishū Ryū

Character Name : Shukichi Hirayama

Original Name : 笠智衆

Gender : Male

Chieko Higashiyama

Character Name : Tomi Hirayama

Original Name : 東山千栄子

Gender : Female

Setsuko Hara

Character Name : Noriko Hirayama

Original Name : 原節子

Gender : Female

Haruko Sugimura

Character Name : Shige Kaneko

Original Name : 杉村春子

Gender : Female

Sō Yamamura

Character Name : Koichi Hirayama

Original Name : 山村聰

Gender : Male

Kuniko Miyake

Character Name : Fumiko Hirayama

Original Name : 三宅邦子

Gender : Female

Kyōko Kagawa

Character Name : Kyoko Hirayama

Original Name : 香川京子

Gender : Female

Eijirō Tōno

Character Name : Numata

Original Name : 東野英治郎

Gender : Male

Nobuo Nakamura

Character Name : Kurazo Kaneko

Original Name : 中村伸郎

Gender : Male

Shirō Ōsaka

Character Name : Keizo Hirayama

Original Name : 大坂志郎

Gender : Male

Hisao Toake

Character Name : Osamu Hattori

Original Name : 十朱久雄

Gender : Male

Teruko Nagaoka

Character Name : Yone Hattori

Original Name : 長岡輝子

Gender : Female

Mutsuko Sakura

Character Name : Oden Restaurant Woman

Original Name : 桜むつ子

Gender : Female

Toyo Takahashi

Character Name : Woman Next Door

Original Name : 高橋とよ

Gender : Female

Tōru Abe

Character Name : Railway Staff

Original Name : 安部徹

Gender : Male

Sachiko Mitani

Character Name : Apartment Owner

Original Name : Sachiko Mitani

Gender : Female

Ryōko Mizuki

Character Name : Beauty Salon Customer

Original Name : 水木涼子

Gender : Female

Keijirō Morozumi

Character Name : Policeman

Original Name : 諸角啓二郎

Gender : Male

Shozo Suzuki

Character Name : Office Worker

Original Name : Shozo Suzuki

Gender : Male

Haruko Chichibu

Character Name : Inn Maid

Original Name : Haruko Chichibu

Gender : Female

Takashi Miki

Character Name : Tuyautashi

Original Name : 三木たかし

Gender : Male

Toshinosuke Nagao

Character Name : Doctor

Original Name : Toshinosuke Nagao

Gender : Male

Zen Murase

Character Name : Minoru Hirayama

Original Name : Zen Murase

Gender : Male

Mitsuhiro Môri

Character Name : Isamu Hirayama

Original Name : Mitsuhiro Môri

Gender : Male

Yoshiko Togawa

Character Name : Hospital Patient

Original Name : Yoshiko Togawa

Gender : Male

Fumio Tooyama

Character Name : Inspired Man

Original Name : Fumio Tooyama

Gender : Male

Tomoka Hasebe

Character Name : Mahjong Player

Original Name : Tomoka Hasebe

Gender : Male

Reviews

T

tmdb47633491

@tmdb47633491

2021-06-23

A necessary film, in the way that vegetables are necessary.

C

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2025-01-24

An elderly couple leave their small fishing village to travel to Tokyo to visit their children and grandchildren. Armed with a small packed lunch and the most perfectly packed suitcase you will ever see, they embark on their train journey to the metropolis. Once there, though, they discover that though they are welcome enough - their son "Koichi" (Sô Yamamura) - a paediatrician, and his beautician sister "Shige" (Haruko Sugimura) are pretty much caught up in their own lives and have little time to spend with their parents. In a land where duty is everything, this film depicts the rather unfeeling, though never callous, way in which the elderly pair are bundled from pillar to post, to a spa populated by youngsters and ultimately into the care of their widowed daughter-in-law "Noriko" (Setsuko Hara) who makes time to look after and try to entertain them. The film takes it's time. The delicate performances from the older couple are a joy to watch, especially once he "Shukichi" (Chishû Ryû) has had some saki with his friends; and she "Tomi" (Chieko Higashiyama) is superb as the long suffering, kindly wife who has a stoicism that is both entertaining and laudable. It all comes to an head in quite a sadly poignant fashion, allowing the brief appearance of their other son "Keiso" (Shirô Ôsaka) for a conclusion that is both depressing and yet oddly fitting. This is beautifully crafted observation of changing family dynamics, or priorities and of, well, just taking people for granted.