Ranked #3 in the BFI's SIGHT AND SOUND Top 100 films!
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.
"This remains one of the most approachable and moving of all cinema's masterpieces." - Time Out
"The already towering reputation of this film and its director continues only to grow." - The Guardian
"It ennobles the cinema. It says, yes, a movie can help us make small steps against our imperfections." - Roger Ebert
"Ozu only has to train his camera on a face to uncover a sense of resignation, or longing, or loneliness, and the mood, if you allow it, becomes quite overwhelming." - Independent (UK)
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