Tokyo Story (1953)
東京物語
"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.
Director: Yasujirō Ozu
Stars: Chishū Ryū, Chieko Higashiyama, Setsuko Hara, Haruko Sugimura, So Yamamura, Kuniko Miyake, Kyōko Kagawa, Eijirō Tōno
Year: 1953
Production: Shochiku
Language: English
Country: Japan
