An elderly couple journey to Tokyo to visit their children and are confronted by indifference, ingratitude and selfishness. When the parents are packed off to a resort by their impatient children, the film deepens into an unbearably moving meditation on mortality

Starring:

Chieko Higashiyama, Chishû Ryû, Eijirô Tôno, Haruko Chichibu, Haruko Sugimura, Hisao Toake, Kuniko Miyake, Kyôko Kagawa, Mutsuko Sakura, Nobuo Nakamura, Sô Yamamura, Sachiko Mitani, Setsuko Hara, Shirô Osaka, Tôru Abe, Teruko Nagaoka, Toyo Takahashi

Genre:

Drama