Country
United Kingdom
Date
Oct 14, 1958
Note
BFI London Film Festival
As long as life goes on, relationships between parents and children will bring boundless joy and endless grief.
2h 17min
Overall average
5.0/10
Trailer
Videos
Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Eijirō Tōno | Numata |
| Nobuo Nakamura | Kurazo Kaneko |
| Shirō Ōsaka | Keizo Hirayama |
| Hisao Toake | Osamu Hattori |
| Teruko Nagaoka | Yone Hattori |
| Mutsuko Sakura | Oden Restaurant Woman |
| Toyo Takahashi | Woman Next Door |
| Tōru Abe | Railway Staff |
| Sachiko Mitani | Apartment Owner |
| Ryōko Mizuki | Beauty Salon Customer |
| Keijirō Morozumi | Policeman |
| Shozo Suzuki | Office Worker |
| Haruko Chichibu | Inn Maid |
| Takashi Miki | Tuyautashi |
| Toshinosuke Nagao | Doctor |
| Zen Murase | Minoru Hirayama |
| Mitsuhiro Môri | Isamu Hirayama |
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| Yoshiko Togawa | Hospital Patient |
| Fumio Tooyama | Inspired Man |
| Tomoka Hasebe | Mahjong Player |
Genres
Drama
Technical details
| Dettaglio | Valore |
|---|---|
| Titolo originale | 東京物語 |
| Lingua originale | 日本語 (JA) |
| Lingue parlate | English, 日本語 |
| Paesi di produzione | Japan |
| Stato | Released |
| Compagnie di produzione | Shochiku |
| Data di uscita | 3 novembre 1953 |
| Producer | Takeshi Yamamoto |
| Writer | Kōgo Noda, Yasujirō Ozu |
| Editors | Yoshiyasu Hamamura |
| Cinematography | Yûharu Atsuta, Takashi Kawamata |
| Asst. Directors | Shōhei Imamura, Kôzô Yamamoto, Osamu Takahashi, Yasujirō Ozu, Tomiji Shimizu |
| Lighting | Itsuo Takashita |
| Camera Operators | Yûharu Atsuta, Takashi Kawamata |
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| Add. Photography | Yûharu Atsuta, Takashi Kawamata |
| Production Design | Tatsuo Hamada, Setsutarô Moriya, Toshio Takahashi |
| Art Direction | Tatsuo Hamada, Setsutarô Moriya, Toshio Takahashi |
| Set Decoration | Tatsuo Hamada, Setsutarô Moriya, Toshio Takahashi |
| Composer | Takanobu Saitō, Mitsuru Kaneko, Yoshiomi Hori, Yoshisaburo Seno |
| Sound | Takanobu Saitō, Mitsuru Kaneko, Yoshiomi Hori, Yoshisaburo Seno |
| Costume Design | Taizô Saitô |
| Makeup | Taizô Saitô |
| Hairstyling | Taizô Saitô |
Release dates
Premiere
Country
Brazil
Date
Sep 23, 2005
Note
Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
Limited release
Country
Czechia
Date
Jan 15, 2004
Certification
12+
Note
Projekt 100
Country
Portugal
Date
Sep 05, 2013
Certification
M/12
Country
South Korea
Date
Aug 16, 2014
Certification
ALL
Country
United Kingdom
Date
Sep 01, 2023
Note
Re-release
Theatrical release
Country
Japan
Date
Nov 03, 1953
Certification
NR
Country
Finland
Date
Jan 10, 1964
Certification
S
Country
Sweden
Date
Oct 21, 1964
Certification
Btl
Country
United Kingdom
Date
Feb 08, 1965
Certification
U
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Country
Australia
Date
May 31, 1965
Country
Germany
Date
Jul 08, 1965
Certification
12
Country
United States
Date
Mar 13, 1972
Country
France
Date
Feb 08, 1978
Certification
TP
Note
Visa CNC 48883
Country
Philippines
Date
Apr 20, 1987
Note
Manila, special screening
Country
Spain
Date
Nov 21, 2003
Certification
A
Note
ICAA: 92103
Country
Brazil
Date
Feb 07, 2014
Certification
10
Note
Re-release
Country
Netherlands
Date
May 14, 2015
Certification
AL
Note
Re-release
Physical media
Country
Sweden
Date
Jul 15, 2009
Certification
7
Note
DVD release
Country
Netherlands
Date
Jan 01, 2010
Certification
AL
Note
DVD
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