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Tokyo Story (1953)

As long as life goes on, relationships between parents and children will bring boundless joy and endless grief.

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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.

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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
  • Eijirō Tōno Eijirō Tōno Numata
  • 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
  • Keijirō Morozumi Keijirō Morozumi Policeman

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