Tokyo Story (1953)
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.
Director:
Yasujirō Ozu
Writers:
Kōgo Noda, Yasujirō Ozu.
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Chishū Ryū as Shukichi Hirayama |
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Chieko Higashiyama as Tomi Hirayama |
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Setsuko Hara as Noriko Hirayama |
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Haruko Sugimura as Shige Kaneko |
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So Yamamura as Koichi Hirayama |
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Kuniko Miyake as Fumiko Hirayama |
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Kyōko Kagawa as Kyoko Hirayama |
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Eijirō Tōno as Numata |
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Nobuo Nakamura as Kurazo Kaneko |
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Shirō Ōsaka as Keizo Hirayama |
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Hisao Toake as Osamu Hattori |
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Teruko Nagaoka as Yone Hattori |
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Mutsuko Sakura as Oden Restaurant Woman |
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Toyo Takahashi as Woman Next Door |
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Tōru Abe as Railway Staff |
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Sachiko Mitani as Apartment Owner |
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Ryōko Mizuki as Beauty Salon Customer |
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Keijirō Morozumi as Policeman |
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Shozo Suzuki as Office Worker |
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Haruko Chichibu as Inn Maid |
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Takashi Miki as Tuyautashi |
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Toshinosuke Nagao as Doctor |
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Zen Murase as Minoru Hirayama |
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Mitsuhiro Môri as Isamu Hirayama |
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Yoshiko Togawa as Hospital Patient |
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Fumio Tooyama as Inspired Man |
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Tomoka Hasebe as Mahjong Player |
| Directing | Yasujirō Ozu | Director |
| Art | Tatsuo Hamada | Art Direction |
| Sound | Takanobu Saitō | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Taizô Saitô | Costume Design |
| Editing | Yoshiyasu Hamamura | Editor |
| Art | Tatsuo Hamada | Production Design |
| Production | Takeshi Yamamoto | Producer |
| Camera | Yûharu Atsuta | Director of Photography |
| Lighting | Itsuo Takashita | Lighting Technician |
| Crew | Ryûji Hayashi | Film Processor |
| Art | Toshio Takahashi | Set Designer |
| Directing | Tomiji Shimizu | Script Supervisor |
| Art | Setsutarô Moriya | Set Dresser |
| Camera | Takashi Kawamata | Assistant Camera |
| Directing | Shōhei Imamura | Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | Yoshiomi Hori | Sound Assistant |
| Sound | Mitsuru Kaneko | Sound Engineer |
| Sound | Yoshisaburo Seno | Sound Recordist |
| Writing | Kōgo Noda | Screenplay |
| Writing | Yasujirō Ozu | Screenplay |
| Directing | Kôzô Yamamoto | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Osamu Takahashi | Assistant Director |