Japan Tokyo Story sits in the top 7% of Japan films on this catalog — ranked #342 of 4,579 by TMDB audience score.
Synopsis
東京物語
“As long as life goes on, relationships between parents and children will bring boundless joy and endless grief.”
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.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #342 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (93rd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +1.3 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #144 of 1,933 (top 7%).
Audience Engagement
919 audience reviews — more than 97% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 83th percentile among Japan films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Tokyo Story. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Shochiku
The 1952–1954 Japan Window
Among 19 Japan films we catalog from this window, Tokyo Story places #3 — near the top of its class.
The 1950s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1950s in Japan, 76 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Tokyo Story premiered alongside 6 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 6 other Japan films in 1953.
The 69th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Tokyo Story, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- classroom · 5
- class · 5
- old man · 5
- office · 4
- peace · 3
- cake · 3
- swing · 3
- retirement · 2
- lantern · 1
- teacher · 26
- beach · 19
- dream · 18
- honor · 10
- black and white · 10
- fish · 9
- coma · 8
- baseball · 8
- boat · 7
- ambition · 7
- baby · 6
- lie · 6
- tea · 6
- school · 82
- marriage · 36
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Spoken Languages | English, Japanese |
| Production Companies | Shochiku |
| Runtime | 2h 17m |
| Release Date | November 3, 1953 |
| IMDb | tt0046438 |