Tokyo Story

Tokyo Story (1953)

Directed by 小津安二郎

2h 17m

Drama

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.

Cast

Chishū Ryū

Chishū Ryū

Shukichi Hirayama

Chieko Higashiyama

Chieko Higashiyama

Tomi Hirayama

Setsuko Hara

Setsuko Hara

Noriko Hirayama

Haruko Sugimura

Haruko Sugimura

Shige Kaneko

Sō Yamamura

Sō Yamamura

Koichi Hirayama

Kuniko Miyake

Kuniko Miyake

Fumiko Hirayama

Kyōko Kagawa

Kyōko Kagawa

Kyoko Hirayama

Eijirō Tōno

Eijirō Tōno

Numata

Nobuo Nakamura

Nobuo Nakamura

Kurazo Kaneko

Crew

Yasujirō Ozu

Yasujirō Ozu

Director

Tatsuo Hamada

Tatsuo Hamada

Art Direction

Takanobu Saitō

Takanobu Saitō

Original Music Composer

Taizô Saitô

Taizô Saitô

Costume Design

Yoshiyasu Hamamura

Yoshiyasu Hamamura

Editor

Tatsuo Hamada

Tatsuo Hamada

Production Design

Takeshi Yamamoto

Takeshi Yamamoto

Producer

Yûharu Atsuta

Yûharu Atsuta

Director of Photography

Itsuo Takashita

Itsuo Takashita

Lighting Technician

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