Access the film here. Click on 'cc' for subtitiles:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOXnsqSxMNs
This is often considered one of the greatest films ever made.
Ozu made films that rarely show overt conflict or violence. Instead we see sweet, sad, insightful films with interesting and humane characters.
The plot of the film is simple - a retired Japanese couple travel to Tokyo to visit their children. The children all have jobs and are quite busy, so they cannot spare much time with their parents. Ironically, the only one who takes a day off is their daughter-in-law - the wife of the couple's son (who died in the war).
She is a type of hero in this film - showing great warmth and kindness to an elderly couple to whom she is not even related any more.
Ozu's films remind me a bit of some of the profoundly bitter sweet music of Eric Satie. Ozu was an amazing director.
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