Teruko Nagaoka

An old couple visit their children and grandchildren in the city, but receive little attention.

Two boys begin a silence strike to press their parents into buying them a television set.

Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot take the truth of being abandoned as a child.

An ingratiating bride develops warm ties to her father-in-law while her cold husband blithely slights her for another woman.

This wry chamber piece from director Mikio Naruse focuses on a couple whose pet peeves and minor irritations escalate into major rifts and animosity.