Tokyo Story

1953 · 2h17 · Film

Directed by Yasujirō Ozu

Starring Chishū Ryū, 東山千栄子, 原節子, Haruko Sugimura, Sō Yamamura, Kuniko Miyake, 香川京子, Eijirō Tōno, 中村伸郎, 大坂志郎

Ideal when you feel… Sad / low

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.

Updated July 22, 2026

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