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Overview

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Director:
Yasujiro Ozu
Writers:
Kôgo Noda (writer)
Yasujiro Ozu (writer)
Contact:
View company contact information for Tokyo Story on IMDbPro.
Release Date:
13 March 1972 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
An old couple visit their children and grandchildren in the city; but the children have little time for them. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins more
NewsDesk:
List: Counting Down Ten Sadly Underseen Films
 (From IFC. 31 July 2008, 6:56 AM, PDT)

User Comments:
Very interesting movie however it needs some patience from the moviegoer more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Chishu Ryu ... Shukishi Hirayama
Chieko Higashiyama ... Tomi Hirayama
Setsuko Hara ... Noriko Hirayama
Haruko Sugimura ... Shige Kaneko
Sô Yamamura ... Koichi Hirayama
Kuniko Miyake ... Fumiko Hirayama - his wife
Kyôko Kagawa ... Kyoko Hirayama
Eijirô Tôno ... Sanpei Numata
Nobuo Nakamura ... Kurazo Kaneko
Shirô Osaka ... Keiso Hirayama
Hisao Toake ... Osamu Hattori
Teruko Nagaoka ... Yone Hattori
Mutsuko Sakura ... Patron of the Oden Restaurant
Toyo Takahashi ... Shukichi Hirayama's Neighbor (as Toyoko Takahashi)
Toru Abe ... Train employee
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Tokyo Story (USA)
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Runtime:
136 min
Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
Atami, Shizuoka, Japan more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Voted #7 in Total Film's 100 Greatest Movies Of All Time list (November 2005). more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: The "dead" mother is visibly breathing. more
Quotes:
Kyoko: Isn't life disappointing?
Noriko: [smiles] Yes, it is.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in F. (2007) more

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13 out of 17 people found the following comment useful:-
Very interesting movie however it needs some patience from the moviegoer, 24 December 2004
8/10
Author: aakostar from Greece

Tokyo monogatari (or Tokyo Story) is a very human story. It contains a lot of everyday life which at times can make it difficult to follow since it may feel a little bit slow.

However who is patient gets rewarded. And Ozus way of telling this story is very quiet but effective. The images he produces and the very minimalist camera work creates a rhythm that sucks the viewer in and slowly opens him/her up for the sad but essential ending of this movie.

Ozu never tries to impose his story to the viewer. It looks like he follows his actors very disciplined and calm. This very structured and clear camera-work will alienate many modern moviegoers who are used to much more dynamic images. However lovers of purist cinema and fans of Aki Kaurismaki will probably love it.

Impressing also to see how close the everyday life of Japan in the mid 50s is to the western way of life.

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