Principal cast
Chishū Ryū as Shukichi Hirayama, Chieko Higashiyama as Tomi Hirayama, Setsuko Hara as Noriko Hirayama, Haruko Sugimura as Shige Kaneko, and So Yamamura as Koichi Hirayama
Film 100 of 244 on the Screen Path
Tokyo Story
As long as life goes on, relationships between parents and children will bring boundless joy and endless grief.
About the film
Tokyo Story at a glance.
Screen Path places this 1953 film at stop 100 in one curated journey through cinema. The learning experience adds context before you watch and deeper analysis after.
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.
Key craft credits
Yûharu Atsuta (director of photography), Yoshiyasu Hamamura (editor), Takanobu Saitō (original music composer), Kōgo Noda (screenplay), and Yasujirō Ozu (screenplay)
- Director
- Yasujirō Ozu
- Release
- 1953-11-03
- Runtime
- 137 minutes
- Genres
- Drama
- Country
- Japan
- Quiz
- 50 questions
The Screen Path journey
Before. After. Remember.
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Before you watch
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After the film
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