As long as life goes on, relationships between parents and children will bring boundless joy and endless grief.
The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, Koichi, a doctor, and their daughter, Shige, a hairdresser, don't have much time to spend with their aged parents, and so it falls to Noriko, the widow of their younger son who was killed in the war, to keep her in-laws company.
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Chishū RyūShukichi Hirayama
Chieko HigashiyamaTomi Hirayama
Setsuko HaraNoriko Hirayama
Haruko SugimuraShige Kaneko
So YamamuraKoichi Hirayama
Kuniko MiyakeFumiko Hirayama
Kyōko KagawaKyoko Hirayama
Eijirō TōnoNumata
Nobuo NakamuraKurazo Kaneko
Shirō ŌsakaKeizo Hirayama
Hisao ToakeOsamu Hattori
Teruko NagaokaYone Hattori
Mutsuko SakuraOden Restaurant Woman
Toyo TakahashiWoman Next Door
Tōru AbeRailway Staff
