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The first box-office hit for Ozu in Japan, The Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family anticipates the later masterpieces such as Tokyo Story and The End of Summer. After the death of the father of an upper-class family, his wife and daughter has to struggle to survive. Tensions arise when they moved in with a married son, so they continue to move around from one household to the next, but they are always unwelcomed. When her youngest son returns from work in Tianjin, he scolds his siblings for their selfishness. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Mieko Takamine
Japan
Best movies:
The Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (1941)
The Masseurs and a Woman (1938)
The Loyal 47 Ronin (1941)
Kuniko Miyake
Japan
Best movies:
Early Summer (1951)
Early Spring (1956)
Late Autumn (1960)
Chishû Ryû
Japan
Best movies:
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Tokyo Twilight (1957)
The Human Bullet (1968)
Shin Saburi
Japan
Best movies:
Late Autumn (1960)
Equinox Flower (1958)
The Castle of Sand (1974)
Michiko Kuwano
Japan
Best movies:
Mr. Thank You (1936)
The Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (1941)
What Did the Lady Forget? (1937)
吉川満子
Japan
Best movies:
I Was Born, But... (1932)
The Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (1941)
The Only Son (1936)
Kuniko Igawa
Japan
Best movies:
Early Summer (1951)
Twenty-Four Eyes (1954)
The Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (1941)