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As long as life goes on, relationships between parents and children will bring boundless joy and endless grief. - Tokyo Story
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Title: Tokyo Story

Release Date: 3 Nov 1953

Runtime: 2h 17m

Genre: Drama

Director: Shochiku

Production Companies: Shochiku

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.

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Average Vote: 8.172 (1075 votes)

Cast

  • Shukichi Hirayama: Chishū Ryū
  • Tomi Hirayama: Chieko Higashiyama
  • Noriko Hirayama: Setsuko Hara
  • Shige Kaneko: Haruko Sugimura
  • Koichi Hirayama: Sō Yamamura
  • Fumiko Hirayama: Kuniko Miyake
  • Kyoko Hirayama: Kyōko Kagawa
  • Numata: Eijirō Tōno
  • Kurazo Kaneko: Nobuo Nakamura
  • Keizo Hirayama: Shirō Ōsaka
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