An old couple visit their children and grandchildren in the city but receive little attention. 

Tokyo Story

Synopsis

The elderly Shukishi (Chishu Ryu) and his wife, Tomi (Chieko Higashiyama), take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, Koichi (Sô Yamamura), a doctor, and their daughter, Shige (Haruko Sugimura), a hairdresser, don't have much time to spend with their aged parents, and so it falls to Noriko (Setsuko Hara), the widow of their younger son who was killed in the war, to keep her in-laws company. 

Credits

Ratings: U 
Genre: Drama 
Director: Yasujirō Ozu 
Stars: Chishu Ryu, Chieko Higashiyama, Setsuko Hara 

Please note

This film is in Japanese with English subtitles 

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Cinema