Tokyo Story fingerprintMasterful craft, immersive world, calm.
Calm and low-key
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Deeply moving and profoundly sad
Much of it is about family.
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Family, everyday modern life, and history
Lived-in and easy to get lost in. Holds up on a rewatch.
Standout direction, performances, and storytelling
Standout cinematography
Calm and low-key
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Tokyo Story is calm and low-intensity. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Deeply moving and profoundly sad
Much of it is about family.
Emotionally, it's deeply moving and profoundly sad. Much of it is about family.
Family, everyday modern life, and history
Lived-in and easy to get lost in. Holds up on a rewatch.
Its world is built around family, everyday modern life, and history. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in. It holds up on a rewatch.
Standout direction, performances, and storytelling
The direction, performances, and storytelling stand out.
Standout cinematography
Look and sound: the cinematography stand out.
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As long as life goes on, relationships between parents and children will bring boundless joy and endless grief.
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Tokyo Story is included with a subscription to HBO Max in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Kanopy, Plex, and Fawesome. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Google Play Movies. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Yes. It's widely acclaimed, with a GoodWatch score of 92/100 (IMDb 8.1, Rotten Tomatoes 100%, and Metacritic 100). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
2 h 17 min
Tokyo Story runs 2 h 17 min.
Not quite. Critics rate Tokyo Story higher (100) than audiences (86). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
It was made in Japanese, with some English. Produced in Japan.
+118GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Tokyo Story in 132 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 19 storytelling tropes for Tokyo Story, including Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism, Happily Married, Central Theme.
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