Film1953137 min

Tokyo Story

Name: Tokyo Story
Genre: Drama
Released: 1953
Duration: 137 min
Cast: Chishū Ryū, Chieko Higashiyama, Setsuko Hara, Haruko Sugimura, Sō Yamamura

Taste attributes: dramaanimalssportsvehiclesbusinessfresh & originalbig & variedall consuming questcomplex relationshipgame/competitionrags to richessocial commentary

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

Boxlist takeA wide-ranging drama, balanced on most other counts. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

Quality rating

8.3 /10

TMDB · 690 votes

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Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
Linearity: Balanced linearity, just how this profile likes it

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Intricacy: Balanced intricacy, where this profile leans smart / intricate
Setting / scale: Big / varied, where this profile leans small / confined

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Synopsis

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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