Tokyo Story
東京物語
Movie · 1953 · 137 min
- 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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Details
- Original title
- 東京物語
- Year
- 1953
- Runtime
- 137 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Themes
- Old age, Family, Marriage, Psychological, School
- Director
- Yasujirō Ozu
- Studio
- Shochiku