JAPAN · 1953

Tokyo Story

Yasujirō Ozu
Japanese Golden Age family obligation intergenerational conflict grief and loss aging parents post war japan
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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.

Year1953
CountryJapan
DirectorYasujirō Ozu
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