Retired couple Shūkichi and Tomi Hirayama live in Onomichi in western Japan with their daughter Kyōko, a primary school teacher. They have five adult children, four of whom are living. The couple travel to Tokyo to … See more

Tokyo Story was inspired by the 1937 American film Make Way for Tomorrow, directed by Leo McCarey, which it loosely adapts to the Japanese context and Ozu’s style. Noda, a long-time collaborator of Ozu, initiall… See more

Like all of Ozu's sound films, Tokyo Story's pacing is slow, though Ozu called it his film "that tends most strongly to melodrama." In his narrative storytelling, Ozu often had certain key scenes take place off camera, with the vie… See more