Tokyo Story
“As long as life goes on, relationships between parents and children will bring boundless joy and endless grief.”
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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.
Cast
Chishū Ryū·Shukichi Hirayama
Chieko Higashiyama·Tomi Hirayama
Setsuko Hara·Noriko Hirayama
Haruko Sugimura·Shige Kaneko
So Yamamura·Koichi Hirayama
Kuniko Miyake·Fumiko Hirayama
Kyōko Kagawa·Kyoko Hirayama
Eijirō Tōno·Numata
Nobuo Nakamura·Kurazo Kaneko
Shirō Ōsaka·Keizo Hirayama
Average shot length
10.6s per shot
Yasujirō Ozu's career average is 7.6s across 16 measured films —see the full picture.