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Tokyo Story
Film · 1953 · Drama

Tokyo Story

Tokyo Story is ranked #4 in one published list on Made the Cut, and is #15 of 35 in the films and TV census.

Genres Drama

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Ranked in one published list

#4Sight and Sound 2022: top 20 films (excerpt)Made the Cut source library · @curated-library · 20 rankedMade the Cut

Where Tokyo Story ranks

#1Best Films of 1953of 1 ranked
#9Best Drama Filmsof 19 ranked
#12Best Filmsof 25 ranked

About Tokyo Story

A retired couple, Shūkichi and Tomi Hirayama (played by Chishū Ryū and Chieko Higashiyama), live in the town Onomichi, Hiroshima in southwest Japan with their daughter Kyōko (played by Kyōko Kagawa), who is a primary-school teacher. They have five adult children, four living. The couple travel to Tokyo to visit their son, daughter and widowed daughter-in-law.

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