Tokyo Story (1953)
Directed by Yasujirō Ozu
An elderly couple travel from the port town of Onomichi to visit their grown children in Tokyo, are sent off to a spa resort at Atami, and fall ill on the way home.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Onomichi, Hiroshima, Japan≈ 00:00:00Stated on screen
The couple pack for their trip to Tokyo.
- 2Children's homes≈ 00:06:00Tokyo, JapanStated on screen
Their son, a doctor, and daughter, a hairdresser, are too busy for them; widowed daughter-in-law Noriko takes them on a bus tour of the city.
- 3Atami, Shizuoka, Japan≈ 01:00:00Stated on screen
Packed off to a noisy spa hotel at Atami, they cut their stay short.
- 4Noriko's apartment≈ 01:10:00Tokyo, JapanStated on screen
Back in Tokyo, Tomi stays the night at Noriko's apartment while Shūkichi gets drunk with old friends.
- 5Osaka, Japan≈ 01:25:00Stated on screen
- 6Onomichi, Hiroshima, Japan≈ 01:35:00Stated on screen
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 1,978 km
- Places
- 4
- Countries
- 1
- Stops
- 6
- Train: 1,978 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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