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Elderly couple Shukishi and Tomi Hirayama live in the small coastal village of Onomichi, Japan with their youngest daughter, schoolteacher Kyoko Hirayama. Their other three surviving adult children, who they have not seen in quite some time, live either in Tokyo or Osaka. As such, Shukishi and Tomi make the unilateral decision to have an extended visit in Tokyo with their children, pediatrician Koichi Hirayama and beautician Shige Kaneko, and their respective families (which includes two grandchildren). In transit, they make an unexpected stop in Osaka and stay with their other son, Keiso Hirayama. All of their children treat the visit more as an obligation than a want, each trying to figure out what to do with their parents while they continue on with their own daily lives. At one point, they even decide to ship their parents off to an inexpensive resort at Atami Hot Springs rather than spend time with them. The only offspring who makes a concerted effort on this trip is Noriko Hirayama, their widowed daughter-in-law, whose husband, Shoji Hirayama, was killed eight years earlier in the war. Following the vacation, each child comes to some conclusion of their general behavior toward their parents, not only on this trip but throughout their entire adult lives. For some, this realization may come too late.
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| Chishû Ryû |
(Shukishi Hirayama) |
| Chieko Higashiyama |
(Tomi Hirayama) |
| Setsuko Hara |
(Noriko Hirayama) |
| Haruko Sugimura |
(Shige Kaneko) |
| Sô Yamamura |
(Koichi Hirayama) |
| Kuniko Miyake |
(Fumiko Hirayama - his wife) |
| Kyôko Kagawa |
(Kyoko Hirayama) |
| Eijirô Tôno |
(Sanpei Numata) |
| Nobuo Nakamura |
(Kurazo Kaneko) |
| Shirô Osaka |
(Keiso Hirayama) |
| Hisao Toake |
(Osamu Hattori) |
| Teruko Nagaoka |
(Yone Hattori) |
| Mutsuko Sakura |
(Patron of the Oden Restaurant) |
| Toyo Takahashi |
(Shukichi Hirayama's Neighbor (as...) |
| Tôru Abe |
(Train employee) |
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| Sachiko Mitani |
(Noriko's Neighbor) |
| Zen Murase |
(Minoru Hirayama - Koichi's son) |
| Mitsuhiro Mori |
(Isamu Hirayama - Koichi's son) |
| Junko Anan |
(Beauty Salon Assistant) |
| Ryôko Mizuki |
(Biyôin no kyaku) |
| Yoshiko Togawa |
(Beauty Salon Client) |
| Kazuhiro Itokawa |
(Student - guest at Hattori's house) |
| Keijirô Morozumi |
(Police agent) |
| Tsutomu Nijima |
(Noriko's office boss) |
| Shozo Suzuki |
(Noriko's office colleague) |
| Yoshiko Tashiro |
(Hotel maid) |
| Haruko Chichibu |
(Hotel maid) |
| Takashi Miki |
(Singer) |
| Binnosuke Nagao |
(Doctor at Onomichi) |
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