Tokyo Story (1972)Stream and Watch Online

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Released March 13th, 1972, 'Tokyo Story' stars Chishū Ryū, Chieko Higashiyama, Setsuko Hara, Haruko Sugimura The movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 17 min, and received a user score of 82 (out of 100) on TMDb, which collated reviews from 994 knowledgeable users.

What, so now you want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "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."

'Tokyo Story' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Amazon Video, Vudu, Criterion Channel, Kanopy, HBO Max Amazon Channel, Google Play Movies, Apple iTunes, YouTube, and Tubi TV .