Tokyo Story (1953)
2h 17m 7.2/10 IMDb
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.
Director: Yasujirō Ozu
Cast: Chishū Ryū, Chieko Higashiyama, Setsuko Hara, Haruko Sugimura, So Yamamura
Content Warnings
Mental Health & Emotional
Death of a parent (referenced)Grief / bereavement (major focus) Terminal illness (referenced)
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