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Director:
Writers:
Kôgo Noda (screenplay) &
Yasujiro Ozu (screenplay)
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Release Date:
1964 (USA) more
Genre:
Plot:
An aging widower arranges a marriage for his only daughter. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
4 wins more
User Comments:
A true work of art. more (10 total)

Cast

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Chishû Ryû ... Shuhei Hirayama
Shima Iwashita ... Michiko Hirayama
Keiji Sada ... Koichi
Mariko Okada ... Akiko
Teruo Yoshida ... Yutaka Miura
Noriko Maki ... Fusako Taguchi
Shinichirô Mikami ... Kazuo
Nobuo Nakamura ... Shuzo Kawai
Eijirô Tôno ... Sakuma, The 'Gourd'
Kuniko Miyake ... Nobuko
Kyôko Kishida ... 'Kaoru' no Madame
Michiyo Kan ... Tamako, gosai
Ryuji Kita ... Shin Horie
Toyo Takahashi ... 'Wakamatsu' no Okami
Shinobu Asaji ... Youko Sasaki, hisho
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
An Autumn Afternoon (USA)
The Taste of Saury (Japan) (informal literal English title)
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Runtime:
112 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
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Director Trademark: [Yasujiro Ozu] [Static Camera]There is not a single camera movement in the entire film, as in many Ozu's last films. more
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14 out of 15 people found the following comment useful.
A true work of art., 25 September 2005
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Author: kmsc2c from United States

When I first saw this film it struck me as being a very unusual and odd little movie. The camera work was direct and straightforward, as if the director were composing a still life painting. With the passage of time I remembered this film not as a whole but as a series of vignettes, the sailor marching in the bar, the unrequited lovers waiting for a train on the platform, the father staring into his daughter's empty room. I have recently seen An Autumn Afternoon again, and was not disappointed. Each scene has an almost indescribable longing, an ephemeral quality that speaks to the beauty and sadness of everyday life. I love this film, it is a true work of art.

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