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A Balasaur Score of 89 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 8.1/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%, Metacritic 100/100. Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 96% of the 659 1950s drama movies in this catalog. Streaming on Max.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb8.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Metacritic100/100
Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do.
1,259 audience votes
Key crew
- Yasujirō OzuDirector
- Takanobu SaitōOriginal Music Composer
- Kōgo NodaScreenplay
- Yasujirō OzuScreenplay
Cast
- Chishū RyūShukichi Hirayama
- Chieko HigashiyamaTomi Hirayama
- Setsuko HaraNoriko Hirayama
- Haruko SugimuraShige Kaneko
- So YamamuraKoichi Hirayama
- Kuniko MiyakeFumiko Hirayama
- Kyōko KagawaKyoko Hirayama
- Eijirō TōnoNumata
- Nobuo NakamuraKurazo Kaneko
- Shirō ŌsakaKeizo Hirayama
- Hisao ToakeOsamu Hattori
- Teruko NagaokaYone Hattori
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