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The Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family

Original title: Toda-ke no kyôdai
  • 19411941
  • 1h 45m
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7.3/10
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The Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (1941)
Drama
When the patriarch of the Toda family suddenly dies, his widow discovers that he has left her with nothing but debt and married children who are unwilling to support her--except for her most... Read allWhen the patriarch of the Toda family suddenly dies, his widow discovers that he has left her with nothing but debt and married children who are unwilling to support her--except for her most thoughtful son, just returned from China.When the patriarch of the Toda family suddenly dies, his widow discovers that he has left her with nothing but debt and married children who are unwilling to support her--except for her most thoughtful son, just returned from China.
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1.3K
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    • Yasujirô Ozu
    • Tadao Ikeda
    • Yasujirô Ozu
  • Stars
    • Mieko Takamine
    • Shin Saburi
    • Hideo Fujino
    • Yasujirô Ozu
    • Tadao Ikeda
    • Yasujirô Ozu
  • Stars
    • Mieko Takamine
    • Shin Saburi
    • Hideo Fujino
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    • 8User reviews
    • 17Critic reviews
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    Michiko Kuwano, Kuniko Miyake, and Mieko Takamine in The Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (1941)
    Michiko Kuwano and Shin Saburi in The Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (1941)
    Chôko Iida and Mieko Takamine in The Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (1941)
    Ayako Katsuragi, Michiko Kuwano, and Mieko Takamine in The Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (1941)
    Mieko Takamine in The Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (1941)
    Chôko Iida in The Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (1941)
    Ayako Katsuragi in The Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (1941)
    Shin Saburi in The Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (1941)
    Ayako Katsuragi and Mieko Takamine in The Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (1941)
    Toshiaki Konoe, Tatsuo Saitô, and Mitsuko Yoshikawa in The Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (1941)
    Ayako Katsuragi, Kuniko Miyake, Mieko Takamine, Yoshiko Tsubouchi, and Mitsuko Yoshikawa in The Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (1941)
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    Mieko Takamine
    Mieko Takamine
    • Setsuko Toda
    Shin Saburi
    Shin Saburi
    • Shojiro Toda
    Hideo Fujino
    • Shintaro Toda
    Ayako Katsuragi
    Ayako Katsuragi
    • Mrs. Toda
    Mitsuko Yoshikawa
    Mitsuko Yoshikawa
    • Chizuru
    Masao Hayama
    Masao Hayama
    • Ryokichi
    Tatsuo Saitô
    Tatsuo Saitô
    • Shinichiro
    Kuniko Miyake
    Kuniko Miyake
    • Kazuko
    Yoshiko Tsubouchi
    Yoshiko Tsubouchi
    • Ayako
    Michiko Kuwano
    Michiko Kuwano
    • Tokiko
    Chishû Ryû
    Chishû Ryû
    • Shojiro's Friend
    Chiyoko Fumiya
    • Take
    Chôko Iida
    Chôko Iida
    • Kiyo
    Yaeko Izumo
    • Shige
    Reikichi Kawamura
    • Suzuki
    Shohichi Kawamura
    • Suzuki
    Toshiaki Konoe
    • Ayako's Husband
    Masami Morikawa
    • Kazuko's Friend - Tanimoto's wife
      • Yasujirô Ozu
      • Tadao Ikeda
      • Yasujirô Ozu
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    • Trivia
      There has been speculation that Ozu's direction of this film related to his own family's situation where his sister-in-law (married to his older brother) and mother did not get along.
    • Connections
      Referenced in Spring on the Korean Peninsula (1941)

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    Ozu's wartime solution to family dysfunction: let's all go to China!
    Ozu enters William Wyler terrain with a somber upscale family drama about a mother and daughter who are shuttled in unwelcome fashion from one family member's home to another following the death of the family patriarch. The thematic elements of displacement within a family unit anticipate TOKYO STORY -- there's even a bedtime scene between the mother and daughter that echoes one in the later film. There's a startling lack of music in this film, esp. during Ozu's normally music-filled transitional shots, that contribute to an overall sense of tense unease that touches on what might have been the general wartime state of mind among Japanese at that time. The war makes a subtle appearance in the form of the youngest son who offers to take the unwanted family members with him to settle in China -- a moment which might be aligned with Imperialist propaganda, though in a fascinating way: the Chinese "frontier" seems presented as a place where Japanese society can escape its social hypocrisies and begin anew.
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    • alsolikelife
    • Dec 13, 2003

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      • May 11, 1982 (United States)
      • Japan
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Shochiku-Ofuna, Ofuna, Kanagawa, Japan
    • Production company
      • Shochiku
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    • 1 hour 45 minutes
      • Black and White
      • Mono

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