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The elderly Shukishi (Chishu Ryu) and his wife, Tomi (Chieko Higashiyama), take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, Koichi (Sô Yamamura), a doctor, and their daughter, Shige (Haruko Sugimura), a hairdresser, don't have much time to spend with their aged parents, and so it falls to Noriko (Setsuko Hara), the widow of their younger son who was killed in the war, to keep her in-laws company.

1953 · 2h 14m
Director Yasujirō Ozu

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The elderly Shukishi (Chishu Ryu) and his wife, Tomi (Chieko Higashiyama), take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, Koichi (Sô Yamamura), a doctor, and their daughter, Shige (Haruko Sugimura), a hairdresser, don't have much time to spend with their aged parents, and so it falls to Noriko (Setsuko Hara), the widow of their younger son who was killed in the war, to keep her in-laws company.

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Studio
The Criterion Collection
Released
1953
Run Time
2 hr 14 min
Rated
Unrated
Region of Origin
Japan
© 1953 SHOCHIKU Co., Ltd.

Languages

Original Audio
Japanese, Japanese (Japan), French
Audio

Japanese (Japan) (AAC)

Subtitles

English (United States) (Always On)