Yasujiro Ozu's cinematic classic "Tokyo Story" portrays the
             essentially divided nature of old and young individuals, even within the
             same family, that existed in Japan during the immediate aftermath and
             cultural shift that occurred as a result of that nation's loss of World War
             II. The film depicts a mother and a father who temporarily travel from the
             rural, Japanese countryside and their old way of life to visit their urban
             children in Tokyo during this period of Japanese history. The general
             title of "Tokyo Story" suggests the generalized nature of the story in
             modern Japan. The film was made in 1953 and depicts recent post-war Japan,
             shortly after the peace treaty ending the ear and the reconstruction of the
             Asian nationâ€"thus, it looks back on a recent period of history, not from
             afar, but with a critical and often sorrowful eye as to what was recently
             lost, and examines how recent events have taken turn for the worse in terms
             The mother and father visit children whom are extremely ungrateful of
             the sacrifices made by their parents for their welfare in. The children do
             not reject their parents for coherent ideological reasons that directly
             correlate to World War II. Rather, the children are show to feel, by and
             larger, that they are too busy to get to know their aging parents any
             better. Their contemporary, urban lifestyles do not mesh with their
             parent's slower rhythms and manners. The past filial sense of obligation
             is dead in Japan, suggests the film. The sense of responsibility children
             should feel for their parents is dead, and only sorrow is left behind.
             However, certain connections between old and young, however tenuous
             remain, at least in some form. The connection between mother-in-law and
             daughter-in-law is one such connection. For instance, the mother of the
             tale spends a night of emotional sharing and intimacy with the widow o...