- BFI identifier48571
- Date1953-11-03 (Release)
- Production countryJapan
- Production company
- SynopsisAn elderly married couple travel to Tokyo from their home in the provinces to visit their children and their families. However they find them too pre-occupied with their own lives to pay them much attention. The only one to show them true kindness is their son's widow, Noriko. (Synopsis)
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- CategoryFiction
- Subject
- Credits
- CastChishu Ryu (Shukichi Hirayama)
Chieko Higashiyama (Tomi, Hirayama's wife)
Setsuko Hara (Noriko, Hirayama's daughter-in-law)
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Title
Tōkyō Monogatari (Original)
東京物語 (Original)
Tokyo Story (Alternative)
Their First Trip to Tokyo (Alternative)
Tokyo Monogatari (Help search)
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