Tokyo Story
“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.
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Cast
27 people
Chishū Ryū
Shukichi Hirayama
Known for
Late Spring
An Autumn Afternoon
Chieko Higashiyama
Tomi Hirayama
Known for
Early Summer
The Idiot
Setsuko Hara
Noriko Hirayama
Known for
Late Spring
Early Summer
Haruko Sugimura
Shige Kaneko
Known for
Late Spring
Good Morning
So Yamamura
Koichi Hirayama
Known for
Tora! Tora! Tora!
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Kuniko Miyake
Fumiko Hirayama
Known for
Good Morning
Late Spring
Kyōko Kagawa
Kyoko Hirayama
Known for
High and Low
Sansho the Bailiff
Eijirō Tōno
Numata
Known for
Seven Samurai
Yojimbo
Nobuo Nakamura
Kurazo Kaneko
Known for
High and Low
Ikiru
Shirō Ōsaka
Keizo Hirayama
Known for
Pigs and Battleships
Hisao Toake
Osamu Hattori
Known for
Chikamatsu Monogatari
Street of Shame
Teruko Nagaoka
Yone Hattori
Known for
Good Morning
Sound of the Mountain
Yasujirō Ozu Director · Kōgo Noda Screenplay Takanobu Saitō Composer
United States release March 13, 1972 · Produced in Japan · Languages English, Japanese
Production
Shochiku
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
東京物語
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
English · Japanese
Release dates
Japan · November 3, 1953
Theatrical
United States · March 13, 1972
Theatrical
Australia
May 31, 1965 · Theatrical
Brazil
September 23, 2005 · Premiere · Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
February 7, 2014 · Theatrical · Re-release
Czechia
January 15, 2004 · Limited theatrical · Projekt 100
Finland
January 10, 1964 · Theatrical
December 15, 2023 · Theatrical · Re-release, 4K restoration
France
February 8, 1978 · Theatrical
Germany
July 8, 1965 · Theatrical
Netherlands
January 1, 2010 · Physical · DVD
May 14, 2015 · Theatrical · Re-release
Philippines
April 20, 1987 · Theatrical · Manila
February 24, 2024 · Premiere · Japanese Film Festival (Eigasai)
Portugal
September 5, 2013 · Limited theatrical
South Korea
August 16, 2014 · Limited theatrical
April 28, 2022 · Limited theatrical
Spain
November 21, 2003 · Theatrical
Sweden
October 21, 1964 · Theatrical
July 15, 2009 · Physical · DVD release
United Kingdom
October 14, 1958 · Premiere · BFI London Film Festival
February 8, 1965 · Theatrical
December 10, 1993 · Theatrical · Re-release
January 1, 2010 · Theatrical · Re-release
November 5, 2021 · Limited theatrical · BFI Japan: 100 Years of Japanese Cinema season
September 1, 2023 · Theatrical · 70th Anniversary Re-release
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