Yasujiro Ozu's masterpiece is a sensitive, heartbreaking and sometimes humorous story about the breakdown of traditional family values ​​and the relationship between generations. An elderly couple goes on holiday to Tokyo to visit their children. However, the children are so preoccupied with their careers and Western lifestyles that they have no time to spend with their parents. The style is minimalist with calm settings and cuts that you hardly notice – and the action is interrupted several times by shots of empty spaces. A unique film that, in both theme and film language, meditates on the fleeting existence of man.