An Autumn Afternoon
(1962)
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An Autumn Afternoon
(1962)
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| Chishû Ryû | ... |
Shuhei Hirayama
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| Shima Iwashita | ... |
Michiko Hirayama
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Keiji Sada | ... |
Koichi
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Mariko Okada | ... |
Akiko
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Teruo Yoshida | ... |
Yutaka Miura
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Noriko Maki | ... |
Fusako Taguchi
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Shin'ichirô Mikami | ... |
Kazuo
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Nobuo Nakamura | ... |
Shuzo Kawai
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Eijirô Tôno | ... |
Sakuma, The 'Gourd'
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Kuniko Miyake | ... |
Nobuko
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| Kyôko Kishida | ... |
'Kaoru' no Madame
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Michiyo Tamaki | ... |
Tamako, gosai
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Ryûji Kita | ... |
Shin Horie
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Toyo Takahashi | ... |
'Wakamatsu' no Okami
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Shinobu Asaji | ... |
Youko Sasaki, hisho
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In the early 60's in Tokyo, the widower Hirayama is a former captain from the Japanese navy that works as a manager of a factory and lives with his twenty-four year-old daughter Michiko and his son Kazuo in his house. His older son Koichi is married with Akiko that are compulsive consumers and Akiko financially controls their expenses. Hirayama frequently meets his old friends Kawai and Professor Horie, who is married with a younger wife, to drink in a bar. When their school teacher Sakuma comes to a reunion of Hirayama with old school mates, they learn that the old man lives with his daughter that stayed single to take care of him. Michiko lives a happy life with her father and her brother, but Hirayama feels that it is time to let her go and tries to arrange a marriage for her. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
I have seen many visually beautiful and emotionally moving films, but not as many recently. An Autumn Afternoon is one of those primary examples. Meditative in its pacing it is, but it is never dull. How everything is made and written really makes an interesting and very rewarding experience indeed. It is incredibly well made to start off with, the camera is kept at low angles and is still, but for me this allowed me to explore and really admire the scenery and the framing which are very elegantly done. Kojan Siato's score is one of those soothing and unobtrusive scores that helps the audience to connect with An Autumn Afternoon's gentle mood. How An Autum Afternoon is written is also exceptional, as well as the gentle tone, the story has this great warmth, wisdom and humanity. As well as Ozu's meticulous as ever direction what is also great about An Autumn Afternoon is the lead performance, Chishu Ryu's performance is dignified and altogether very touching. In conclusion, not just one of the cinema's greatest swan-song but a masterpiece of a film also. 10/10 Bethany Cox