Tokyo Story (1953)

Name: Tokyo Story
Genre: Drama
Released: 1953-11-03
Duration: 137 min
Cast: Chishū Ryū, Chieko Higashiyama, Setsuko Hara, Haruko Sugimura, So Yamamura

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.

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Released 1953-11-03 · 137 min · Drama

Directed by Yasujirō Ozu

Cast

Chishū Ryū as Shukichi Hirayama
Chieko Higashiyama as Tomi Hirayama
Setsuko Hara as Noriko Hirayama
Haruko Sugimura as Shige Kaneko
So Yamamura as Koichi Hirayama
Kuniko Miyake as Fumiko Hirayama
Kyōko Kagawa as Kyoko Hirayama
Eijirō Tōno as Numata
Nobuo Nakamura as Kurazo Kaneko
Shirō Ōsaka as Keizo Hirayama
Hisao Toake as Osamu Hattori
Teruko Nagaoka as Yone Hattori
Mutsuko Sakura as Oden Restaurant Woman
Toyo Takahashi as Woman Next Door
Tōru Abe as Railway Staff