Tokyo Family

Tokyo Family

146 mins | Drama, Family | Jan. 18, 2013

An aging couple decide to leave their quiet lives in the country to pay a visit to their children and grandchildren in Tokyo. Once there, they discover that neither their oldest son, a doctor named Koichi, nor their eldest daughter Shigeko - who runs a beauty parlour - has time for them: both are too busy attending to their everyday concerns. Even the youngest son went his own way. The old couple feel lonely and bewildered in the fast-paced metropolis.

Tokyo Family

146 mins | Drama, Family | Jan. 18, 2013

Tokyo Family
An aging couple decide to leave their quiet lives in the country to pay a visit to their children and grandchildren in Tokyo. Once there, they discover that neither their oldest son, a doctor named Koichi, nor their eldest daughter Shigeko - who runs a beauty parlour - has time for them: both are too busy attending to their everyday concerns. Even the youngest son went his own way. The old couple feel lonely and bewildered in the fast-paced metropolis.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers Shochiku Co., Ltd.
Original title 東京家族
Directors Yoji Yamada
Writers Emiko Hiramatsu, Yoji Yamada

Cast

Isao Hashizume

as Shukichi Hirayama

Kazuko Yoshiyuki

as Tomiko Hirayama

Satoshi Tsumabuki

as Masatsugu / Shuji Hirayama

Yu Aoi

as Noriko Mamiya

Masahiko Nishimura

as Koichi Hirayama

Yui Natsukawa

as Fumiko Hirayama

Tomoko Nakajima

as Shigeko Kanai

Hayashiya Shōzō IX

as Kurazo Kanai

Nenji Kobayashi

as Sanpei Numata

Jun Fubuki

as Kayo

Narumi Kayashima

as Kyoko Hattori

Chika Arakawa

as Yuki