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As long as life goes on, relationships between parents and children will bring boundless joy and endless grief.
Themes:Family BondsSacrificeLossAgingGenerational DifferencesUnspoken LoveFilial PietyDiscover Similar ThemesMood:ReflectiveMelancholicSentimentalNostalgicEmotionalDiscover Similar Mood
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.
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Generational GapFamily ReunionsSacrifice For FamilyAging ParentsJourneyCultural TraditionsUnspoken GratitudeWidowed Daughter-In-LawUnappreciative Children




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Directed by: Yasujirō Ozu, Yûharu Atsuta, Osamu Takahashi
Produced by: Takeshi Yamamoto
Composed by: Takanobu Saitō
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