Shizuka, Eiichiro, and Mineko, their father and son, live modestly in a certain suburb, leading a dreary but happy life. Eiichiro is troubled by Shizuka's desire to live together in familiar Tokyo. Mineko is the exact opposite of Eiichiro. A literary masterpiece depicting the fateful sorrow and humor of a mother and child
Acting
Sadako Sawamura's restrained maternal desperation
Direction
Hisamatsu's patient observation of domestic warfare
Director
Seiji Hisamatsu
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Japan's postwar economic acceleration, the film quietly interrogates the 'nuclear family' ideal that was displacing multi-generational households.
Joe Shishido appears in an early role before his iconic surgically-altered cheekbones made him a yakuza film legend.
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