A one-of-a-kind masterpiece that the world-renowned master Yasujiro Ozu made at Toho is revived in the finest visual beauty! The long-awaited 4K remastered Blu-ray arrives! Set in Kansai in the Showa era, it follows the comical yet lonely joys and sorrows of life woven by one long-established family. A gem of a masterpiece born from a miraculous collaboration between Toho and Shochiku! Director Yasujiro Ozu, a leading figure of Shochiku, was invited to the Toho studios and made this valuable work from the later part of his career. Realized through an ardent offer from Toho's renowned producer Sanezumi Fujimoto, the film caused a great stir because Toho's foremost star actors of the time and the regular players familiar from Ozu's films appeared together in a miraculous ensemble. Against a backdrop of the atmospheric streets of Osaka and Kyoto, the visual beauty captured by the distinguished cinematographer Asakazu Nakai, also a regular on Kurosawa's films, shines through. This drama of family bonds and of the life and death that everyone must face has continued to be loved by many people and has carved its name into film history in Japan and abroad. Taking the leading role is the distinguished actor Nakamura Ganjiro II, a pillar of the Kamigata kabuki world. He plays Manbei, the free-spirited old master of the house who repeatedly meets his former mistress in secret, with plenty of mischievous humor. The women who surround him are played by star actresses who brilliantly graced the silver screen of the Showa era, including Setsuko Hara, filled with grace and melancholy, Yoko Tsukasa, radiating a modern youthfulness, and Michiyo Aratama, with her dignified presence. Hisaya Morishige and other distinguished actors who represent the history of Japanese cinema fill out the supporting cast, delivering a superb ensemble that is both comical and tinged with pathos. In this clear autumn, one bond, loved ones warming one another! The Kohayagawa family, sake brewers for generations, is being pressed by a modern large company and is considering a merger. The head of the house, Hisao, is the husband of the eldest daughter. He intends to protect the family business while the previous head, Manbei, is still in good health, but Manbei himself is infatuated with Tsune, whom he has met again after 19 years, and keeps stealing away from the eyes of the family for their trysts... An unprecedented artistic epic in which Yasujiro Ozu, a treasure of the Japanese film world, took the helm at Toho for the first time. Against the backdrop of a sake brewery in Fushimi, Kyoto, it depicts a family system in the midst of collapse while portraying, with rich poetic feeling and through laughter, the history of the people who live within it and the pathos of human beings. Bonus footage includes a teaser, a trailer, and a still gallery (still images).