Tokyo Story
movie
As long as life goes on, relationships between parents and children will bring boundless joy and endless grief.
Released November 03, 1953
Genres:
Overview
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.
Runtime
2h 17m
Origin Country
Japan
Original Language
Japanese
Original Title
東京物語
Status
Released
Production Countries
- Japan
Spoken Languages
- English
- 日本語 (Japanese)
Production Companies
Shochiku
Japan
Keywords
- fish
- beach
- dreams
- baby
- coma
- parent child relationship
- peace
- boat
- cake
- office
- baseball
- classroom
- class
- lantern
- lie
- marriage
- tea
- ambition
- retirement
- swing
- family relationships
- teacher
- old man
- honor
- school
- tokyo, japan
- black and white
- complicated relationships
- interpersonal relationships
- shōwa era (1926-89)
- psychological drama
- shitamachi
