Tokyo monogatari 1953

Name: Tokyo monogatari
Released: 1953-11-03
Cast: Setsuko Hara, Kyōko Kagawa, Nobuo Nakamura, Chishū Ryū, Mutsuko Sakura

Synopsis:

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.

Directed by:	Yasujirō Ozu
Written by:	Yasujirō Ozu & Kōgo Noda
Runtime:	137 minutes
Critics score:	100 / 100
Tagline:	As long as life goes on, relationships between parents and children will bring boundless joy and endless grief.
Related titles:	Bakushû 1951