Tokyo Story

1953 · 2h17 · Film

Directed by Yasujirō Ozu

Starring Chishū Ryū, Haruko Sugimura, Sō Yamamura, Kuniko Miyake, Eijirō Tōno

Ideal when you feel… Sad / low Exhausted

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.

Original title

東京物語

Original language

Japanese

Screenplay

Kōgo Noda, Yasujirō Ozu

Music

Takanobu Saitō

Cinematography

Yûharu Atsuta

Cast

Kuniko Miyake, Eijirō Tōno, Teruko Nagaoka

Updated July 22, 2026

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