Tokyo Story (1953)
Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews
As long as life goes on, relationships between parents and children will bring boundless joy and endless grief.
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.
- Released: 1953-11-03
- Genres: Drama
- Runtime: 2h 17m
- Status: Released
- TMDB rating: 8.1/10 from 1,265 votes
Directed by Yasujirō Ozu.
Top cast
- Chishū Ryū as Shukichi Hirayama
- Chieko Higashiyama as Tomi Hirayama
- Setsuko Hara as Noriko Hirayama
- Haruko Sugimura as Shige Kaneko
- So Yamamura as Koichi Hirayama
- Kuniko Miyake as Fumiko Hirayama
- Kyōko Kagawa as Kyoko Hirayama
- Eijirō Tōno as Numata
- Nobuo Nakamura as Kurazo Kaneko
- Shirō Ōsaka as Keizo Hirayama
Where to watch Tokyo Story
- United States: stream on HBO Max Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, HBO Max; watch free on Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- United Kingdom: stream on BFI Player, BFI Player Amazon Channel, BFI Player Apple TV Channel; watch free on Plex; rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
- India: watch free on Tubi TV, Plex, Plex Channel
- Canada: stream on Criterion Channel; watch free on Plex; rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
- Australia: watch free on SBS On Demand, Plex; rent on JustWatch TV, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fetch TV; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fetch TV
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