Where to watch Tokyo Story(1953)

Name: Tokyo Story
Genre: Drama
Released: 1953-11-03
Duration: 137 min
Cast: Chishū Ryū, Chieko Higashiyama, Setsuko Hara, Haruko Sugimura, So Yamamura

Movie · 1953 · 2h 17m · Drama

In the United States, Tokyo Story is available to stream on HBO Max. It's also free on Kanopy, Plex, and Plex Channel. You can also rent or buy it on Amazon Video, Apple TV, Google Play, and YouTube.

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Tokyo Story plot summary

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

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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Original title: 東京物語
Release date: November 3, 1953
Runtime: 2h 17m
Genres: Drama
Directed by: Yasujirō Ozu
Country: Japan
TMDB rating: 8.1 / 10 · 1,271 votes

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Cast

Chishū RyūShukichi Hirayama
Chieko HigashiyamaTomi Hirayama
Setsuko HaraNoriko Hirayama
Haruko SugimuraShige Kaneko
So YamamuraKoichi Hirayama
Kuniko MiyakeFumiko Hirayama
Kyōko KagawaKyoko Hirayama
Eijirō TōnoNumata
Nobuo NakamuraKurazo Kaneko
Shirō ŌsakaKeizo Hirayama

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In the United States, Tokyo Story is available to stream on HBO Max. It's also free on Kanopy, Plex, and Plex Channel. You can also rent or buy it on Amazon Video, Apple TV, Google Play, and YouTube.