A hard-hearted old woman in a bombed-out Tokyo neighborhood reluctantly takes in an abandoned boy, leading to a heartwarming bond between them.
Directed by Yasujirō Ozu
User score
64 votes
Released
May 20, 1947
1h 12m
Japanese
Chōko Iida
Tane
Hōhi Aoki
Kohei
Mitsuko Yoshikawa
Kikuko
Chishū Ryū
Tashiro
Eitarō Ozawa
Father
Reikichi Kawamura
Tamekichi
Hideko Mimura
Okiku
Takeshi Sakamoto
Kawayoshi
Eiko Takamatsu
Tome
Taiji Tonoyama
Photographer
Seiji Nishimura
Kashiwaya
Yoshino Tani
Wife
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