Tokyo Story

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Tokyo Story

1953 · Movie · 136 min

Scores

  • IMDb8.1/10as of 2026-03-06
  • Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer100%as of 2026-01-15
  • Rotten Tomatoes average9.6/10as of 2021-10-10
  • Metacritic100/100as of 2026-01-15

What it is

Tokyo Story is a 1953 Japanese drama film directed by Yasujirō Ozu and starring Chishū Ryū and Chieko Higashiyama, about an aging couple who travel to Tokyo to visit their grown children.

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Genres
Drama
Original language
Japanese

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