Fresh
Ozu's long shots, knee-high camera placement, and collapsed perspective -- as gorgeous and unsettling as a Cezanne -- gather power over the duration, but time itself is the master's most potent weapon.
Eric Hynes, Village Voice
Tokyo Story
As long as life goes on, relationships between parents and children will bring boundless joy and endless grief.
1953 · 2h 17m · Not Rated
Drama
Directed by
Yasujirō Ozu
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Tokyo Story
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Yasujirō Ozu Director
- Chishū Ryū as Shukichi Hirayama
- Chieko Higashiyama as Tomi Hirayama
- Setsuko Hara as Noriko Hirayama
- Haruko Sugimura as Shige Kaneko
- So Yamamura as Koichi Hirayama
- Kuniko Miyake as Fumiko Hirayama
- Kyōko Kagawa as Kyoko Hirayama
- Eijirō Tōno as Numata
- Nobuo Nakamura as Kurazo Kaneko
- Shirō Ōsaka as Keizo Hirayama
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
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Tomatometer
Fresh
This remains one of the most approachable and moving of all cinema's masterpieces.
Wally Hammond, Time Out
Fresh
The way Ozu builds up emotional empathy for a sense of disappointment in its various characters is where his mastery lies.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh
Ozu doesn't sentimentalize or condemn; he merely observes human nature with calm and clarity.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Fresh
It ennobles the cinema. It says, yes, a movie can help us make small steps against our imperfections.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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