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Tokyo Story

As long as life goes on, relationships between parents and children will bring boundless joy and endless grief.

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  • Drama

Overview

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.

Keywords

  • dream
  • family relationships
  • parent child relationship
  • school
  • honor
  • japan
  • coma
  • ambition
  • beach
  • tokyo
  • class
  • black and white
  • teacher
  • retirement
  • tea
  • fish
  • baseball
  • dreams
  • old man
  • marriage
  • psychological drama
  • boat
  • lie
  • baby
  • office
  • swing
  • classroom
  • cake
  • lantern
  • interpersonal relationships
  • peace
  • complicated relationships
  • shōwa era (1926-89)
  • shitamachi
  • tokyo, japan

Details

Status
Released
Release date
November 3, 1953
Original language
Japanese
Spoken languages
English, Japanese
Countries
Japan
Production
Shochiku
Cinematography
Yûharu Atsuta
Budget
Not recorded
Revenue
Not recorded
Tokyo Story (1953) | Kinocult