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.
Genre: Drama
Starring: Chishū Ryū, Chieko Higashiyama, Setsuko Hara, Haruko Sugimura, Sô Yamamura
Directed & Produced by: Shōhei Imamura, Yasujirō Ozu, Yasujirō Ozu, Kōgo Noda, Yûharu Atsuta
Release date: 11/3/1953
Running time: 134 minutes
IMDb Rating: 8.4/10 by 456 users