Tokyo Story Movie Review 1953

Poignant story of elderly couple's journey to Tokyo where they receive little time and less respect from their grown children. Masterful cinematography, and sensitive treatment of universally appealing story. In Japanese with English subtitles.

Distribution

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Available on VHS
Running time 134 minutes.
Originally from Japanese.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Family Ties, Growing Older, Tokyo, 4 Bones

Screenplay

Yasujiro Ozu

Cast

Chishu Ryu, Chieko Higashiyama, So Yamamura, Haruko Sugimura, Setsuko Hara

Cinematography

Yushun Atsuta

Director

Yasujiro Ozu

Music

Kojun Saito

Producer

Shochiku Company