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An Autumn Afternoon ( Japanese: 秋刀魚の味, Hepburn: Sanma no Aji, "The Taste of Sanma") is a 1962 Japanese drama film directed by Yasujirō Ozu for Shochiku Films. It stars Ozu regular Chishū Ryū as the patriarch of the Hirayama family who eventually realises that he has a duty to arrange a marriage for his daughter Michiko ( Shima Iwashita ).
Dec 27, 2020 · An Autumn Afternoon. by. Yasujiro Ozu. Publication date. 1962. Topics. Yasujiro Ozu, final masterpiece, Japan's modernization, English-subtitles. Language. Japanese. The last film by Yasujiro Ozu was also his final masterpiece, a gently heartbreaking story about a man’s dignifed resignation to life’s shifting currents and society’s modernization.
- 114 min
- 9K
- Shadows of the Dark
An Autumn Afternoon: Directed by Yasujirô Ozu. With Chishû Ryû, Shima Iwashita, Keiji Sada, Mariko Okada. An aging widower arranges a marriage for his only daughter.
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- Drama
- Yasujirô Ozu
- 1964
May 31, 2011 · Two middle-aged students take their old teacher out to dinner, and he gets thoroughly drunk and is overtaken by sadness. We are alone in life, he tells them. Always alone. He lives with his daughter, who takes care of him, who has never married, who will be left all alone when he dies.
As elegantly composed and achingly tender as any of the Japanese master’s films, An Autumn Afternoon is one of cinema’s fondest farewells. Film Info. BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES. New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack. Audio commentary featuring film scholar David Bordwell, author of Ozu and the Poetics of Cinema.
- Shuhei Hirayama
An Autumn Afternoon (1962) - Turner Classic Movies. 1h 53m 1962. Overview. Synopsis. Credits. Photos & Videos. Film Details. Articles & Reviews. Notes. Brief Synopsis. In an increasingly Americanized postwar Tokyo, a father gives up his only daughter in marriage. Cast & Crew. Read More. Yasujiro Ozu. Director. Chishu Ryu. Shuhei Hirayama.
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An Autumn Afternoon. Yasujirō Ozu’s final film – about a widower (Chishu Ryu) keen to marry off his daughter, who’s reluctant to leave him living alone – is one of his most moving, notwithstanding the wry humour in scenes featuring the protagonist’s friends.
