Tokyo Story (1953) also known as Tokyo Monotogari is a riveting family-themed Japanese drama film. Directed by noted Japanese filmmaker Yasujiro Ozu, the film revolves around a generational gap between an old couple and their grandchildren in urban Japan.
Here’s how you can watch and stream Tokyo Story (1953) via HBO Max.
Is Tokyo Story (1953) available to watch via streaming?
Yes, Tokyo Story (1953) is available to watch via streaming on HBO Max.
Shukishi and Tomi, an elderly couple travel from Hiroshima to lively Tokyo city. The couple is essentially feeling excited to meet their children again in Tokyo. But their happiness changes into mixed feelings on arriving at their son’s home. The couple witnesses a myriad of emotions as their children go from being joyful to becoming grumpy and ignorant in a couple of days. Will the children attempt to right all the wrongs they did with their parents?
Tokyo Story (1953) movie boasts a tailor-made cast with Chishu Ryu as Shukishi Hirayama, and, Chieko Higashiyama as Tomi Hirayama, with various others.
Watch Tokyo Story (1953) by streaming via HBO Max
Tokyo Story (1953) is available to watch on HBO Max.
HBO Max is a globally upcoming OTT streaming platform with an exciting blackboard full of monochromatic drama films in multiple languages and diverse genres for global cinema connoisseurs.
You can watch via Max, formerly known as HBO Max, by following these steps:
- Go to HBOMax.com/subscribe
- Click ‘Sign Up Now’
- Choose your plan:
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- $15.99 per month or $149.99 per year (ad-free)
- $19.99 per month or $199.99 per year (ultimate ad-free)
- Enter your personal information and password
- Select ‘Create Account’
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The official film synopsis is as follows:
“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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