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Tokyo Story(1953)
Status: Released
Date: 1953-11-03
82%
1116 Votes
Time: 2h 17m
As long as life goes on, relationships between parents and children will bring boundless joy and endless grief.
Overview:
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.
Languages: English, Japanese.
Countries:
Japan
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Tokyo Story
Top 10 Billed Cast
笠智衆
Shukichi Hirayama
東山千栄子
Tomi Hirayama
原節子
Noriko Hirayama
杉村春子
Shige Kaneko
山村聰
Koichi Hirayama
三宅邦子
Fumiko Hirayama
香川京子
Kyoko Hirayama
東野英治郎
Numata
中村伸郎
Kurazo Kaneko
大坂志郎
Keizo Hirayama
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