Tokyo Story (1953)
- 10.0
- 134 mins
- Drama
Storyline
An elderly Japanese couple (Chishu Ryu, Chieko Higashiyama) visit their busy children but are not treated with respect.
Plot Keywords
father, mother, doctor, hairdresser, daughter-in-law, soldier, brooding, sad, somber, tokyo, osaka, japan, train, family home, family, aging, death, quest, transformation, 1950s
Short Review
In this exquisite merging of specific and universal, infinite and infinitesimal, Tokyo Story perhaps most clearly illuminates that Ozu is not the most Japanese of filmmakers, but the most human.
Trailer
Streaming Service
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