Summary
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.
Details
Release Date: November 3, 1953
Runtime: 137 minutes
Genres: Drama
Original Language: JA
Rating: ⭐ 8.2/10 (1218 votes)
Noriko Trilogy

Tokyo Story
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.

Late Spring
Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marry -- that is, until her aunt Masa convinces Shukichi that unless he marries off his 27-year-old daughter soon, she will likely remain alone for the rest of her life. When Noriko resists Masa's matchmaking, Shukichi is forced to deceive his daughter and sacrifice his own happiness to do what he believes is right.

Early Summer
In postwar Tokyo, Noriko lives with her extended family. Although she enjoys her career and her social life, her more traditional family worries about her single marital status at the advanced age of 28. 40-year-old business associate Takako proposes, Noriko's family press her into accepting, but when her widowed childhood friend Kenkichi returns to the neighborhood, she finds her heart leading in another direction.
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Cast

Chishū Ryū
Shukichi Hirayama

Chieko Higashiyama
Tomi Hirayama

Setsuko Hara
Noriko Hirayama

Haruko Sugimura
Shige Kaneko

So Yamamura
Koichi Hirayama

Kuniko Miyake
Fumiko Hirayama

Kyōko Kagawa
Kyoko Hirayama

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

Zen Murase
Minoru Hirayama

Tomoka Hasebe
Mahjong Player







