Tokyo Story

2h 17min

Drama

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.

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
Nobuo Nakamura

Nobuo Nakamura

Kurazo Kaneko
Shirō Ōsaka

Shirō Ōsaka

Keizo Hirayama
Hisao Toake

Hisao Toake

Osamu Hattori
Teruko Nagaoka

Teruko Nagaoka

Yone Hattori
Mutsuko Sakura

Mutsuko Sakura

Oden Restaurant Woman
Toyo Takahashi

Toyo Takahashi

Woman Next Door
Tōru Abe

Tōru Abe

Railway Staff
Sachiko Mitani

Sachiko Mitani

Apartment Owner
Ryōko Mizuki

Ryōko Mizuki

Beauty Salon Customer
Shozo Suzuki

Shozo Suzuki

Office Worker
Takashi Miki

Takashi Miki

Tuyautashi
Zen Murase

Zen Murase

Minoru Hirayama
Mitsuhiro Môri

Mitsuhiro Môri

Isamu Hirayama
Yoshiko Togawa

Yoshiko Togawa

Hospital Patient
Fumio Tooyama

Fumio Tooyama

Inspired Man
Tomoka Hasebe

Tomoka Hasebe

Mahjong Player

Release date

3rd Nov 1953

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English, 日本語