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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.
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Checked Sep 2, 2026
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Synopsis
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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Cast
Chishū RyūShukichi Hirayama
Chieko HigashiyamaTomi Hirayama
Setsuko HaraNoriko Hirayama
Haruko SugimuraShige Kaneko
So YamamuraKoichi Hirayama
Kuniko MiyakeFumiko Hirayama
Kyōko KagawaKyoko Hirayama
Eijirō TōnoNumataCredits
- Directed by
- Yasujirō Ozu
- Written by
- Yasujirō Ozu, Kōgo Noda
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Japanese
- Original title
- 東京物語
Production
ShochikuJapan
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