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Overview

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Director:
Yasujiro Ozu
Writers:
Kôgo Noda (writer)
Yasujiro Ozu (writer)
Contact:
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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)

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Extraordinary Portrayal of Real Life more

Cast

  (in credits order)
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
Sachiko Mitani ... Noriko's Neighbor
Zen Murase ... Minoru Hirayama - Koichi's son
Mitsuhiro Mori ... Isamu Hirayama - Koichi's son
Junko Anan ... Beauty Salon Assistant
Ryoko Mizuki ... Biyôin no kyaku
Yoshiko Togawa ... Beauty Salon Client
Kazuhiro Itokawa ... Student - guest at Hattori's house
Keijiro Morozumi ... Police agent
Tsutomu Nijima ... Noriko's office boss
Shozo Suzuki ... Noriko's office colleague
Yoshiko Tashiro ... Hotel maid
Haruko Chichibu ... Hotel maid
Takashi Miki ... Singer
Binnosuke Nagao ... Doctor at Onomichi
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Directed by
Yasujiro Ozu 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Kôgo Noda  writer
Yasujiro Ozu  writer

Produced by
Takeshi Yamamoto .... producer
 
Original Music by
Kojun Saitô 
 
Cinematography by
Yuuharu Atsuta 
 
Film Editing by
Yoshiyasu Hamamura 
 
Production Design by
Tatsuo Hamada 
Itsuo Takahashi 
 
Costume Design by
Taizo Saito 
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Shohei Imamura .... first assistant director
 

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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:
The original negative was lost soon after the film was completed, due to a fire at the vault of the lab in Yokohama city. The film had to be released using prints made from a dupe protective negative. 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 No Country for Old Men (2007) more

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46 out of 54 people found the following comment useful:-
Extraordinary Portrayal of Real Life, 14 July 2004
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Author: spqrclaudius

A fantastic film that belies the simplicity of its plot, Tokyo Story is the tale of a vacation gone sadly awry, with an elderly man and woman visiting from the countryside pushed to the sidelines by their busy children in the city. The younger generation (and by extension the "new" Japan) turns its back on the family from which it arose- because of selfishness, because of necessity, or because it's simply the way of the world. The movie provides no easy answers- its melancholy ambiguity is part of its charm. Whatever the case, Ozu delights in portraying the details of everyday life. The emotional resonances of this movie are extraordinary, and some shots (a child picking flowers, an old couple framed by the sea, a woman sitting forlornly at her work desk) are enough to give a sensitive film-goer the shivers. Despite the testimony of some critics, the film is not totally devoid of melodramatic elements (some stock characters and cloying musical motifs spring readily to mind), but the film is founded upon such an obvious love and respect for the importance of real-world interactions that it's hard not to be anything other than enthralled by it.

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