Tokyo Story

Name: Tokyo Story
Genre: Drama
Released: March 13, 1972
Duration: 136 min
Rating: 100
Cast: Chieko Higashiyama, Chishû Ryû, Eijirô Tôno, Haruko Sugimura, Kuniko Miyake

1972

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New Yorker Films | Release Date: March 13, 1972 | Not Rated

Starring: Chieko Higashiyama, Chishû Ryû, Eijirô Tôno, Haruko Sugimura, Kuniko Miyake, Kyôko Kagawa, Nobuo Nakamura, Setsuko Hara, Shirô Osaka, Sô Yamamura

Summary: Yasujiro Ozu’s Tokyo Story follows an aging couple, Tomi and Sukichi, on their journey from their rural village to visit their two married children in bustling, postwar Tokyo. Their reception is disappointing: too busy to entertain them, their children send them off to a health spa. After Tomi falls ill she and Sukichi return home, whileYasujiro Ozu’s Tokyo Story follows an aging couple, Tomi and Sukichi, on their journey from their rural village to visit their two married children in bustling, postwar Tokyo. Their reception is disappointing: too busy to entertain them, their children send them off to a health spa. After Tomi falls ill she and Sukichi return home, while the children, grief-stricken, hasten to be with her. From a simple tale unfolds one of the greatest of all Japanese films. Starring Ozu regulars Chishu Ryu and Setsuko Hara, the film reprises one of the director’s favorite themes—that of generational conflict—in a way that is quintessentially Japanese and yet so universal in its appeal that it continues to resonate as one of cinema’s greatest masterpieces. [Janus Films]… Expand

Director: Yasujiro Ozu

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 136 min

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Eric Hynes

Protracted sequences make you impatient for forward motion, but then, in an instant, you’re left to mourn beauties hastened away. Read full review

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TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

Delicately constructed and deliberately leisurely, TOKYO STORY allows its dramatic content and thematic concerns to envelop an audience the way social mores envelop the films' characters. Read full review

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The Telegraph Tim Robey

Ozu may have made subtler films, but the clarity of his social critique here is wrenching and unassailable. Read full review

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Philip French

This 1953 classic is one of the cinema's most profound and moving studies of married love, ageing and the relations between parents and children. It is flawless and rewards numerous viewings. Read full review

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The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

[Hara's] sad dignity and emotional generosity are compelling. Read full review

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Roger Greenspun

Even on the basis of a limited exposure to his work, the story seems archetypal Ozu. Read full review

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Jamie Russell

Hardly anything actually happens, and yet it's one of the most emotionally involving dramas ever made. Read full review

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jack977

Jan 25, 2014

Perhaps the greatness of Tokyo Story lies in the fact that it never judges its characters or their actions. It merely observes, almost making voyeurs of us, the viewers.

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JLuis_001

Apr 23, 2019

A very dense and slow film. Although its duration is not excessive it feels that way.
That doesn't mean in any way that this is a bad film because without a doubt it's perhaps one of the best dramas I've seen in my life but it's a very slow film that needs attention, patience and taste forA very dense and slow film. Although its duration is not excessive it feels that way.
That doesn't mean in any way that this is a bad film because without a doubt it's perhaps one of the best dramas I've seen in my life but it's a very slow film that needs attention, patience and taste for this kind of cinema to be able to appreciate all its angles and qualities. And I doubt I made it completely.… Expand

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Lelchelsea

May 2, 2015

One of the most raw and emotionally gripping movies that I have ever seen. Truly was one of the rare movies that is able to immerse you into a the lives of others that we ourselves can truly feel related to
Masterpiece that will stand the test of time

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angelkld0074734

Aug 7, 2019

This movie is a masterpiece! Ozu's works were all worthy of attention and this, as well as floating weeds, are among the best films of all time. Being brief: this film is an emotional journey 100% worth taking.

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lasttimeisaw

Feb 19, 2015

The omission of Ozu’s oeuvre is definitely an unerring embarrassment for any movie aficionado, thankfully TOKYO STORY comes to my rescue, presumably Ozu’s most renowned work, tellingly it merits all kudos it gets, gracefully scrutinising the post-WWII mental disposition of Japanese people,The omission of Ozu’s oeuvre is definitely an unerring embarrassment for any movie aficionado, thankfully TOKYO STORY comes to my rescue, presumably Ozu’s most renowned work, tellingly it merits all kudos it gets, gracefully scrutinising the post-WWII mental disposition of Japanese people, and quietly tearjerking in eliciting recollections and rumination between parents and their children. Parenthood is not for everyone, but we all have parents, we forever hold a sense of regret towards them, especially in the oriental culture, filial piety is the foremost virtue to measure an individual’s worth, at least viewed by other family members.

keep reading my review on my blog, google: cinema omnivore, thanks!… Expand

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Karl-Oskar

Apr 8, 2020

Tokyo Story is a beautiful work of art with a very important message, to pay attention to everyone, and in this film especially your parents. The film expresses that with showing an old couple visit their children, and you could think that it's not enough to base a film around but somehowTokyo Story is a beautiful work of art with a very important message, to pay attention to everyone, and in this film especially your parents. The film expresses that with showing an old couple visit their children, and you could think that it's not enough to base a film around but somehow Tokyo Story make it look so simple and deliver it so perfectly. That's one of the reasons that make this film so special. Another thing is how its made, the film is of course very old and the way of filming was sourly very different back then. The film is so casual and something other films don't tend to include or think about to include is well built-in in this film, and it's those little things which make it so special. I also think this film could not be made again the same way nor some other way then it did, it just so perfect with the time period, the culture, the characters, the atmosphere, etc. But the film still has so much reflection of the reality and maybe more than ever.… Expand

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Young00000

Jan 24, 2023

Não vi mas pretendo mas não que que the godfather perca sua posição e sim marcar com ruim só por isso!

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