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Tokyo Story
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Tokyo Story

1953 · 137 min Drama
8.2 / 10 · TMDB

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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🎬 MovieFinder's Take

This is quietly operating cinema. No big events, no crisis turns — just people and how they live through what happens to them.

Strengths: atmosphere, actors, accuracy of detail. Weaknesses: the pace isn't for everyone, the ending may feel unresolved.

For people who watch films for feeling, not entertainment.

Director: Yasujirō Ozu

— MovieFinder Editorial

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Viewing atmosphere: An evening when your mind is at peace. With someone you can sit in silence with after. Wine or tea.

🎭 Cast

Chishū Ryū

Chishū Ryū

Shukichi Hirayama

Chieko Higashiyama

Chieko Higashiyama

Tomi Hirayama

Setsuko Hara

Setsuko Hara

Noriko Hirayama

Haruko Sugimura

Haruko Sugimura

Shige Kaneko

So Yamamura

So Yamamura

Koichi Hirayama

Kuniko Miyake

Kuniko Miyake

Fumiko Hirayama

Kyōko Kagawa

Kyōko Kagawa

Kyoko Hirayama

Eijirō Tōno

Eijirō Tōno

Numata

Nobuo Nakamura

Nobuo Nakamura

Kurazo Kaneko

Shirō Ōsaka

Shirō Ōsaka

Keizo Hirayama

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