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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Chishû Ryû | ... | Shukichi 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 | ... | Kyôko Hirayama | |
| Eijirô Tôno | ... | Sanpei Numata | |
| Nobuo Nakamura | ... | Kurazo Kaneko | |
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Shirô Ôsaka | ... | Keizo Hirayama |
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Hisao Toake | ... | Osamu Hattori |
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Teruko Nagaoka | ... | Yone Hattori |
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Mutsuko Sakura | ... | Oden-ya no onna |
| Toyo Takahashi | ... | Rinka no saikun (as Toyoko Takahashi) | |
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Tôru Abe | ... | Tetsudou-shokuin |
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An elderly couple journey to Tokyo to visit their children and are confronted by indifference, ingratitude and selfishness. When the parents are packed off to a resort by their busy, impatient children, the film deepens into an unbearably moving meditation on mortality. Written by Paul Watabe
Plot Keywords:
estrangement | family reunion | post world war two | japanese | generation gap |Taglines:
a masterwork by OZU See more »Genres:
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JapanRelease Date:
13 March 1972 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Tokyo Story See more »Company Credits
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Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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Tomi Hirayama: [as she passes Shige teasing a customer's hair] We're home.
Hair salon customer: Who are they?
Shige Kaneko: Oh, just friends from the country.
[looks after Tomi and Shukichi with disdain]
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At timer mark 1:45:46, when the children are visiting their mother at home and leave the room to talk with the father in an adjoining room, just as they sit on the floor, you see the shadow of the boom-mic just drop into the scene and back out again, just over the sons head on the top right of the screen. This shadow is well into the frame against the edge of what appears to be a bookshelf and should not be considered a masking mistake of the projectionist. See more »Quotes
Shige Kaneko: [Tomi and Shukichi enter the hair salon] Why, you're back so soon. You should have stayed longer!Tomi Hirayama: [as she passes Shige teasing a customer's hair] We're home.
Hair salon customer: Who are they?
Shige Kaneko: Oh, just friends from the country.
[looks after Tomi and Shukichi with disdain]
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Two women are sitting on tatami mats. They are smiling and talking. One of
them says, "Isn't life depressing?" Wow... that pretty much says it.
Tokyo Story is defenitely one of the finest movies ever made. Easy. I don't care what anyone says: slow or not, this is one of Ozu's finest films. Very few movies have made my cry, but I did indeed weep at this movie. All of the acting
performances are very believeable, especially Hara's. The interesting knee- level tatami cinematography suits the film perfectly. Even the music is
impeccable.
What really gets me with Tokyo Story is how stunningly realistic it is. From the dialogue to the story, everything feels like real life. No matter what language you speak, what culture or country you hail from, this element is universal.
It's pretty much perfect... every character is fleshed out, there are no plot holes left open... I can't find anything to complain about it! 50 years after its release and it's still very contemporary... damn.
I give it **** out of ****.