Tokyo Story (1953)

Drama Directed by Yasujirō Ozu
→ Influenced 8 films ← Inspired by 1 films

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.

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Films inspired by Tokyo Story

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Influenced By

  1. Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
    "(reverse direction in older catalogs but cited as Ozu's stated inspiration — keeping for completeness; will skip if direction conflicts)" source

Influenced

  1. In the Mood for Love (2000)
    "Wong Kar-wai has repeatedly cited Tokyo Story as a touchstone for his approach to absence, restraint, and domestic framing in In the Mood for Love." source
  2. Tokyo-Ga (1985)
    "Wim Wenders's documentary pilgrimage to Ozu's Tokyo, interviewing Ozu's surviving collaborators. The film exists explicitly to grapple with Ozu's legacy and Tokyo Story specifically." source
  3. Café Lumière (2004)
    "Hou Hsiao-hsien's film was commissioned by Shochiku for Ozu's centenary as an explicit homage; structure and themes directly track Tokyo Story 50 years later." source
  4. Still Walking (2008)
    "Kore-eda's family-grief drama is widely identified as the most direct contemporary descendant of Tokyo Story — same treatment of a family gathered around mortality." source
  5. Paterson (2016)
    "Jarmusch listed Tokyo Story among his 10 favorite films; Paterson is widely described as his most explicitly Ozu-influenced work — quiet routine, low static framing, transcendence-in-the-everyday." source
  6. After Life (1999)
    "Kore-eda's earlier Ozu-lineage film: contemplative pace, family memory, the camera held still as people work through what matters." source
  7. Like Father, Like Son (2013)
    "Kore-eda's family-bond meditation continues the Ozu tradition Tokyo Story canonized — patient observation of intergenerational tension." source
  8. Shoplifters (2018)
    "Kore-eda's Palme d'Or winner extends the Ozu lineage of family-as-quiet-tragedy that Tokyo Story canonized." source

Tokyo Story (1953), directed by Yasujirō Ozu, was inspired by 1 earlier film — including Make Way for Tomorrow — and has been cited as an influence on 8 later works, such as In the Mood for Love, Tokyo-Ga, and Café Lumière. Check out the citations below.