
Tokyo Story ( 1953 )
"As long as life goes on, relationships between parents and children will bring boundless joy and endless grief."
Overview
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.
Top Cast

Chishū Ryū
Shukichi Hirayama

Chieko Higashiyama
Tomi Hirayama

Setsuko Hara
Noriko Hirayama

Haruko Sugimura
Shige Kaneko

Sō Yamamura
Koichi Hirayama

Kuniko Miyake
Fumiko Hirayama

Kyōko Kagawa
Kyoko Hirayama

Eijirō Tōno
Numata

Nobuo Nakamura
Kurazo Kaneko

Shirō Ōsaka
Keizo Hirayama

Hisao Toake
Osamu Hattori

Teruko Nagaoka
Yone Hattori

Mutsuko Sakura
Oden Restaurant Woman

Toyo Takahashi
Woman Next Door

Tōru Abe
Railway Staff

Sachiko Mitani
Apartment Owner

Ryōko Mizuki
Beauty Salon Customer

Keijirō Morozumi
Policeman

Shozo Suzuki
Office Worker

Haruko Chichibu
Inn Maid

Takashi Miki
Tuyautashi

Toshinosuke Nagao
Doctor

Zen Murase
Minoru Hirayama

Mitsuhiro Môri
Isamu Hirayama

Yoshiko Togawa
Hospital Patient

Fumio Tooyama
Inspired Man

Tomoka Hasebe
Mahjong Player
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