Tokyo Story

Name: Tokyo Story
Genre: Drama
Released: 1953
Duration: 137 min
Cast: Chishu Ryu, Chieko Higashiyama, Setsuko Hara

東京物語

年份: 1953 (以英语打开)
导演: Yasujirō Ozu (以英语打开)
片长: 137分钟Criterion digital restoration from a 4K film transfer 版本资料来源 ↓

Tokyo Story follows an elderly couple visiting their adult children in postwar Japan. For a first watch, place the family relationships first and let its quiet pace reveal where care and obligation pull apart.

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制片国家: Japan (以英语打开)
语言: Japanese

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Tokyo Story: Momo sits with tea in a sunlit tatami room overlooking a Japanese coastal town.

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Tokyo Story’s family: who is Noriko?

Noriko, played by Setsuko Hara, is Shūkichi and Tomi Hirayama’s widowed daughter-in-law. Her husband was their second son, Shōji, who died in the war. She lives in Tokyo and welcomes the visiting parents into her small home. Shochiku’s synopsis identifies this relationship.

Shūkichi and Tomi are the elderly couple travelling from Onomichi. Their five children connect the film’s three family locations: Onomichi, Tokyo and Osaka.

The Hirayama children, from eldest to youngest
Child	Where they fit	Household to recognise
Kōichi	Eldest son · Tokyo	A doctor with a wife and two sons.
Shige	Eldest daughter · Tokyo	Runs a hair salon; lives with her husband.
Shōji	Second son · died before the story	His widow is Noriko, living in Tokyo.
Keizō	Youngest son · Osaka	The son the parents visit on their journey.
Kyōko	Youngest daughter · Onomichi	Lives with her parents; remains home during their Tokyo visit.

Shochiku’s family and story record · Criterion’s cast list

Why does the Osaka visit appear so late? Journey and later-story spoilers

The parents have already stopped to see Keizō on their way to Tokyo. That first Osaka visit happens offscreen. The film shows their later stop on the way home, after the Tokyo visit and the disappointing stay in Atami.

KōichiTokyo · eldest son
ShigeTokyo · eldest daughter
NorikoTokyo · Shōji’s widow
KeizōOsaka · youngest son

David Bordwell’s Criterion essay points out that these visits are presented in the children’s birth order, with Noriko occupying her late husband’s place. This is the order of the family visits we see, rather than every stop the parents make.

For what the family’s later parting means, continue to Why Is Tokyo Story So Moving?, which discusses Noriko’s conversation with Kyōko and the ending.

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你将看到什么

Tokyo Story observes a family visit through everyday rooms, polite conversation, and pauses that say more than open conflict. Yasujirō Ozu's calm, low viewpoint invites attention to small gestures and changing distances between generations. The restraint never makes the emotions smaller; it gives them room to arrive gradually. The film endures because its questions about time, duty, and care feel ordinary in the deepest sense.

如何轻松入门

The family relationships matter more than plot, so take a moment to place the elderly parents, their adult children, and their widowed daughter-in-law. Ozu often cuts away before a dramatic arrival or departure and returns to the room afterward. Do not mistake those omissions for missing scenes. The film asks us to notice the emotional weather left behind.

观影提醒

简要提示，并非详尽清单 Deals with aging, bereavement, family neglect, illness, death, and the loneliness created by changing obligations.

Momo's Note 可能含剧透 Momo是谁？ → (以英语打开)

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Ozu gives empty rooms the dignity of a close-up. A cushion, a corridor, or a view beyond the rooftops can hold what the family is too polite or tired to say. I find the film compassionate because it does not need a villain. Time rearranges everyone's duties, and kindness appears in imperfect, easily missed portions.

— Momo

演职员与版本

演员: Chishu Ryu · Chieko Higashiyama · Setsuko Hara
编剧: Kogo Noda · Yasujirō Ozu
制片: Shochiku
摄影: Yuharu Atsuta

版本概览

比较不同版本： Tokyo Story: Which Version Should You Watch First?

Shochiku official catalogue presentation 135 min · JP 来源：Shochiku 100th Anniversary — Tokyo Story 核查日期：2026-08-02

Criterion digital restoration from a 4K film transfer 137 min · restoration · US Criterion lists this digital restoration at 137 minutes; other presentations may differ. 来源：Criterion Collection — Tokyo Story (1953) 片长参考资料 · 核查日期：2026-08-02