Tokyo monogatari 1953

Synopsis:

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.

Directed by: Yasujirō Ozu
Written by: Yasujirō Ozu & Kōgo Noda
Runtime: 137 minutes
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Tagline: As long as life goes on, relationships between parents and children will bring boundless joy and endless grief.
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Cast:
Chishū Ryū
Chishū Ryū
Shukichi Hirayama 
Chieko Higashiyama
Chieko Higashiyama
Tomi Hirayama 
Setsuko Hara
Setsuko Hara
Noriko Hirayama 
Haruko Sugimura
Haruko Sugimura
Shige Kaneko 
Sō Yamamura
Sō Yamamura
Koichi Hirayama 
Kuniko Miyake
Kuniko Miyake
Fumiko Hirayama 
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Also known as:
  • Cuentos de Tokyo
  • Die Reise nach Tokyo
  • Tokijska opowiesc
  • Tokyo Story
  • Voyage à Tokyo
  • Токийска история
  • Токійська повість
  • 동경 이야기