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Tokyo Story (1953) [N/A]

Release Date:
November 3, 1953

Original Title:
東京物語

Alternate Titles:
Cuentos de Tokyo
Die Reise nach Tokyo
Foreldrene
Tokijska opowiesc
Tokyo Story
Tôkyô monogatari
Voyage à Tokyo
Токийска история
Токійська повість
东京故事
東京物語
동경 이야기

Genres:
Drama

Production Companies:
Shochiku

Production Countries:
Japan

Ratings / Certifications:
BR: 10  CZ: 12+  DE: 12  ES: A  FI: S  GB: U  JP: NR  KR: ALL  NL: AL  PT: M/12  SE: Btl|7 

Runtime: 137

As long as life goes on, relationships between parents and children will bring boundless joy and endless grief.

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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.

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British Film Institute (BFI)
1992
#3		 Critics' Top 10 Poll
Greatest Films of All Time
2002
#6		 Critics' Top 10 Poll
Greatest Films of All Time
2012
#3		 Critics' Top 100 Poll
Greatest Films of All Time
2012
#1		 Directors' Top 100 Poll
Greatest Films of All Time

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Production

Art Direction:
Tatsuo Hamada

Assistant Camera:
Takashi Kawamata

Assistant Director:
Osamu Takahashi
Kouzou Yamamoto

Costume Design:
Taizô Saitô

Director:
Yasujirō Ozu

Director of Photography:
Yûharu Atsuta

Editor:
Yoshiyasu Hamamura

Film Processor:
Ryûji Hayashi

Lighting Technician:
Itsuo Takashita

Original Music Composer:
Takanobu Saitō

Producer:
Takeshi Yamamoto

Production Design:
Tatsuo Hamada

Screenplay:
Kōgo Noda
Yasujirō Ozu

Script Supervisor:
Tomiji Shimizu

Second Assistant Director:
Shōhei Imamura

Set Designer:
Toshio Takahashi

Set Dresser:
Setsutarô Moriya

Sound Assistant:
Yoshiomi Hori

Sound Engineer:
Mitsuru Kaneko

Sound Recordist:
Yoshisaburo Seno

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