Tokyo Story
(Tôkyô monogatari)

An ageing couple set out to visit their adult children. Initially welcomed with due respect, the parents gradually become burdensome for the family who drift back into the frenzied rhythm of the city. Only Noriko, the widow of their son who died during the Pacific War, finds time for them. The children pay for them to stay at a health spa far from Tokyo. A harrowing baring of family emotions, Ozu’s masterpiece is also a snapshot of post-war social changes and a meditation on time – the time that makes up our daily lives.