Following the huge success of the samurai trilogy (including 2004 Academy Award® nominated film "The Twilight Samurai," "The Hidden Blade" and "Love and Honor"), the heart wrenching WWII picture "KABEI – Our Mother", and the most recent "About Her Brother" which were all presented at the Berlin Film Festival and had been winners of numerous awards, the legendary director Yoji Yamada is now working on the next film "Tokyo Family" (original Japanese title: Tokyo Kazoku, meaning Tokyo Family). The films will be an homage to Yasujiro Ozu's "Tokyo Story (original title: Tokyo Monogatari)". This will mark Yoji Yamada's 50th anniversary as a director.
Synopsis
An old married couple Shukichi HIRAYAMA (Isao HASHIZUME) and Tomiko (Kazuko YOSHIYUKI) live on a small island in Seto-Island Sea. They go to Tokyo to meet their 3 children. The eldest son Koichi (Masahiko Nishimura) runs a hospital. The first daughter Shigeko (Tomoko NAKAJIMA) runs a beauty salon. The second son Shuji (Satoshi TSUMABUKI) works in stage art. The families want Shukichi and Tomiko to have a good time in Tokyo, but they do not really like staying in Tokyo. One day, Tomiko visits Shuji's apartment. There, Tomiko is introduced to Shuji's fiance Noriko (Yu AOI), but soon Tomiko collapses at Koichi's house ...