Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects.
Direction
Ozu's locked-down camera: furniture mourns more than actors.
Acting
Chishū Ryū's face contains multitudes of repressed love.
Director
Yasujirō Ozu
Chishū Ryū
Shuhei Horikawa
Shūji Sano
Ryohei Horikawa
Shin Saburi
Yasutaro Kurokawa
Takeshi Sakamoto
Makoto Hirata
Mitsuko Mito
Fumi
Shinichi Himori
Minoru Uchida
Seiji Nishimura
Priest
Reikō Tani
Teacher of Chinese Literature
Kanji Kawara
Teacher of Junior High School
Kenichi Miyajima
Company Employee
Shin'yō Nara
Doctor
Kenji Oyama
Graduate
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during wartime mobilization, yet Ozu subtly critiques nationalist 'family values' ideology through Shuhei's impossible choices.
The celebrated 'pillow shots' of empty interiors—Ozu called them 'idling'—were originally practical solutions to cover edit points, then became his signature.
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