“Tokyo Story” released in 1953

It’s been about a year and a half since the pandemic started, and many people have gradually become accustomed to it while being aware of minimizing contact with people. It’s boring that I can’t go all the way outside, but I’m completely used to being an indoor sect. (I think the family is stuffy, but …). Still, there is one thing I’m not used to. It means that you cannot freely go to see your parents who live apart. In this emergency, I feel a strong sense of family ties and feel lonely. Therefore, this time we would like to introduce a masterpiece known by Yasujiro Ozu, a master craftsman with the theme of family ties. Shukichi (Chishu Ryu) and Tomi (Chieko Higashiyama), an old couple living in Onomichi, come to see their eldest son Koichi (Satoshi Yamamura) and their eldest daughter Shige (Haruko Sugimura) who have lived in Tokyo for the first time in a while. Koichi, a practitioner, can’t take a day off even though he plans to visit Tokyo, and the aspiring house that has moved to be driven away is also busy running a hairdressing shop, and her parents spend a lonely time alone. Only Noriko (Setsuko Hara), the widow of her second son who died in the war, bothered She takes a break from work and takes them for sightseeing and treats them in her small apartment. In the post-war period toward the high-growth period, the delicate production depicts parents who feel lonely for their children who are full of their own lives. I watched this movie for the first time in ten years since I had children and my parents were still alive. What is the true bond and does the child really respect their parents? I will ask various questions. Nowadays, I often think of parents who live far away while resenting the government that is waving the flag of the Tokyo Olympics First.