In Depression-era Tokyo, a struggling middle-aged single father with a young son comes across a homeless young lady and convinces a bar owner to take her in.
Direction
Ozu's low-angle tatami shots invent visual humility.
Acting
Sakamoto's tragicomic drunk scenes are masterclass in delusion.
Writing
Dialogue where nothing said means everything.
Director
Yasujirō Ozu
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Ozu's 'Kihachi' series with Sakamoto; these silent-era comedies shaped his later domestic tragedies.
The ramen shop scene is pure documentary—Ozu filmed actual working-class Tokyo locations before they vanished.
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