Where to Watch Tokyo Story Online

Need to watch 'Tokyo Story' on your TV, phone, or tablet? Searching for a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the Yasujirō Ozu-directed movie via subscription can be confusing, so we here at Moviefone want to take the pressure off.

Read on for a listing of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription choices - along with the availability of 'Tokyo Story' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the nitty-gritty of how you can watch 'Tokyo Story' right now, here are some particulars about the Shochiku drama flick.

Released March 13th, 1972, 'Tokyo Story' stars Chishū Ryū, Chieko Higashiyama, Setsuko Hara, Haruko Sugimura The movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 17 min, and received a user score of 82 (out of 100) on TMDb, which collated reviews from 1,062 experienced users.

Interested in knowing what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "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."

'Tokyo Story' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Plex Channel, Vudu, Amazon Video, Plex, HBO Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple iTunes, Google Play Movies, Kanopy, Criterion Channel, YouTube, and Tubi TV .