Early Spring

Shôji Sugiyama (Ryō Ikebe) and his wife Masako (Chikage Awashima) have stopped talking about anything beyond the routine of the house, and neither of them will say why. He spends his days at a fire brick company, and a young coworker nicknamed Goldfish (Keiko Kishi) starts to draw him away from home. Yasujirō Ozu follows Shôji to the office, where he sits among rows of salarymen, and Masako waits at home.