Tokyo Story
東京物語
Japan • 1953
Director
#217Criterion Collection →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.
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.
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Credits
Crew
DirectorYasujirō Ozu
WriterKōgo Noda, Yasujirō Ozu
CinematographerYûharu Atsuta
ComposerTakanobu Saitō
EditorYoshiyasu Hamamura
ProducerTakeshi Yamamoto
