Tokyo Family
2013 film by Yōji Yamada
Tokyo Family (Japanese: 東京家族, Hepburn: Tōkyō Kazoku) is a 2013 Japanese drama film directed by Yōji Yamada. It is a remake of Yasujirō Ozu's Tokyo Story (1953).
Plot
Elderly couple Shukichi and Tomiko Hirayama travel from their home on Ōsakikamijima island to Tokyo to visit their adult children. They first stay with their eldest son Koichi, a doctor, and attend a family gathering. Koichi plans to take them sightseeing in Yokohama the following day, but cancels when called to a medical emergency.
The couple then stays with their daughter Shigeko, whose home doubles as a hair salon. Despite the cramped space, Shigeko's husband Kuzo welcomes Shukichi, taking him to a public bathhouse. Their younger son Shoji later shows his parents around Tokyo, though he evades questions about his future during lunch.
Shigeko arranges for her parents to stay at a luxury hotel in Yokohama using a client's connections. Finding little to occupy themselves, they return after one night instead of the planned two.
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Object files, edition statements, performance records and contemporary criticism preserve different stages of the work’s history. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q11524787. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2013 and 1953.
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