Tokyo Story
1953·Movie
·2h 17min·
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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.
Meditative Family DramaObservational CinemaPoignant MelancholyIntergenerational ConflictPost-War JapanQuietly DevastatingMasterful DirectionSlice of LifeHuman Condition
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Directed by:
Yasujirō Ozu, Shōhei Imamura, Osamu Takahashi
Written by:
Yasujirō Ozu, Kōgo Noda
Produced by:
Takeshi Yamamoto
Composed by:
Takanobu Saitō, Yoshisaburo Seno, Mitsuru Kaneko
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