

Important things are hard to say.
Two boys beg their parents for a television set, nagging them until all patience is lost. The parents order the boys to be quiet and the boys do exactly that--refusing to utter a word. The boys' silence ultimately puts the whole neighborhood into turmoil.
Yasujirō Ozu
Isamu Hayashi

Kyōko Izumi
Midori Maruyama

Taiji Tonoyama
Pushy Man

Toyo Takahashi
Shige Okubo

Sadako Sawamura
Kayoko Fukui

Eijirō Tōno
Hiroshi Tomizawa