Tokyo Story

Name: Tokyo Story
Genre: Drama
Released: 1953-11-03
Duration: 2 h 17 min
Rating: 8.1
Cast: Chishū Ryū, Chieko Higashiyama, Setsuko Hara, Haruko Sugimura, Sō Yamamura

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

東京物語 (1953)

Timing: 2:17 (137 min)

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Actors and characters

Watch film Tokyo Story | BFI Re-Release Trailer [Subtitled]

Release date

1953-11-03

Country

Japan

Production

Shochiku

Genre

Drama

Budget

Revenue

Website

Director

Yasujirō Ozu

Actors

Chishū Ryū, Chieko Higashiyama, Setsuko Hara, Haruko Sugimura, Sō Yamamura, Kuniko Miyake, Kyōko Kagawa, Eijirō Tōno, Nobuo Nakamura, Shirō Ōsaka
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Producer

Takeshi Yamamoto

Operator

Yûharu Atsuta

Composer

Takanobu Saitō

Artist

Audition

Editing

Yoshiyasu Hamamura
All team (22)

Short description

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.

What's left behind the scenes

The film uses the so-called "tatami shot," where the camera is positioned very low (presumably at the eye level of a person kneeling on a tatami mat) and remains almost stationary. This technique was invented by the film's director, Yasujiro Ozu (1903-1963).
The film employs a technique known as the 'tatami shot,' where the camera is positioned very low (presumably at the eye level of someone kneeling on a tatami mat) and remains almost stationary. This technique was invented by film director Yasujiro Ozu (1903-1963).

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