The story is about an old couple living in the countryside, who went to Tokyo to visit their eldest son who practiced medicine, the eldest daughter who opened a beauty salon, and the daughter-in-law of the second son who had forgotten his past. In busy Tokyo, the children did not have time to accompany them, only the second daughter-in-law took a day off to travel with them in Tokyo. Then the two old people were sent to the hot spring again, and they hurriedly returned to Tokyo because they missed their home, preparing to go back to the countryside. After returning home, the old lady died.
It is a very bland one to write a story between two generations, without foreshadowing, conflict, climax. The director does not make any comments, who is right or wrong, just tells an ordinary story objectively. The characters in the play have distinct personalities, the eldest son who is busy with work and indifferent, the eldest daughter who is shrewd and stingy, the kind-hearted but lonely Noriko (the second daughter-in-law), and the tolerant old parents. There are no faceless characters among them. Even the eldest son and daughter who have no time to take care of their parents are willing to pay their parents to go to the hot spring. Noriko, who is kind to the elderly by the director, also reveals the gradual forgetting of her deceased husband and loneliness. of fear.
In my opinion, the director is full of tolerance for each character, which makes the whole film very moving. In particular, it describes the warmth between Noriko and the old couple, which is delicate and touching. The younger generation is busy with their livelihoods and the older generation is ignored. Fifty years later, the situation is no different. Ozu has a deep understanding of the feelings between people, depicts the truth, and the techniques are fresh and memorable.
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