Drama
Tokyo Story
Avg rating 9.1 / My rating TBC
1953 · Directed by Yasujirō Ozu · With Chishū Ryū, Chieko Higashiyama, Setsuko Hara
- Japanese Golden Age
- Art Cinema
- Melodrama
An elderly couple leave their small town in western Japan to visit their grown children in postwar Tokyo. Ozu watches this ordinary trip with stillness and gentle humour, asking what family members owe one another as life speeds up.
Film info
- Runtime
- 2h 17m · 137 min
- Format
- Black and white, 4:3 Academy ratio, Japanese language. Always watch with subtitles, since much of the meaning is in phrasing and politeness.
- IMDb
- 8.1 / 10 (76,665 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 100% (critics)
- Metacritic
- 100 / 100
- TMDB
- 8.1 / 10 (audience, 1,268 votes)
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