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In the film, the "uniform" is not merely literal, though it exists in the students' sailor suits and the salarymen's business attire. It represents a psychological conformity. The adult children, Koichi and Shige, are so deeply embedded in their professional roles—Koichi as a neighborhood doctor and Shige as a salon owner—that their roles have become their identities. When their elderly parents arrive from Onomichi, they are treated not with intimacy, but with the cold efficiency of a scheduled social obligation. The children use their "busy-ness" as a uniform shield, protecting them from the emotional demands of filial piety. -ENG- Tokyo Story - The Temptation of Uniform -... TOP

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