Tokyo Story
As long as life goes on, relationships between parents and children will bring boundless joy and endless grief.
Rating
8.2 The Film
Tokyo Story
As long as life goes on, relationships between parents and children will bring boundless joy and endless grief.
The Story
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.
shitamachi psychological drama shōwa era (1926-89) interpersonal relationships complicated relationships black and white tokyo, japan school honor old man teacher family relationships swing retirement ambition tea marriage lie lantern class classroom baseball office cake boat peace parent child relationship coma baby dreams beach fish
Runtime
137 min
Released Nov 1953
Gallery
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