Arquivo / 49ª mostra

Shukichi and Tomiko, an ageing couple, decide to leave their quiet lives in the country and pay a visit to their children and grandchildren in Tokyo. Once there, they discover that neither their oldest son, a doctor named Koichi, nor their eldest daughter, beauty parlour owner Shigeko, have time for them. Even the youngest son went his own way. The two of them feel lonely and bewildered in the fast-paced metropolis. Director Yoji Yamada updates "Yasujiro Ozu’s classic Tokyo Story" (1953) to modern day Japan.