Tokyo Story story
Tokyo Story (東京物語, Tōkyō Monogatari) is a 1953 Japanese drama film directed by Yasujirō Ozu and starring Chishū Ryū and Chieko Higashiyama. It tells the story of an aging couple who travel to Tokyo to visit their grown children. The film contrasts the behavior of their children, who are too busy to pay them much attention, with that of their widowed daughter-in-law, who treats them with kindness.
16 total · 8 choice · 4 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| father and daughter | choice | Shukichi, Shige, and Kyoko |
| father and son | choice | Shukichi, Koichi, Keizo |
| father-in-law and daughter-in-law | choice | Shukichi and Noriko |
| husband and wife | choice | Shukichi and Tomi |
| mother and daughter | choice | Tomi, Shige, and Kyoko |
| mother and son | choice | Tomi, Koichi, Keizo |
| mother-in-law and daughter-in-law | choice | Shukichi and Noriko |
| parental disappointment in a child | choice | The story showed how two parents found disappointment in their childrens' moral character. |
| coping with the death of a family member | major | The story centered around the death of Tomi, and the various family members’ reactions in the aftermath. |
| coping with the death of a parent | major | The story concluded with the contrasting ways in which people handled the death of Tomi. |