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An Autumn Afternoon (1962)
Director: Yasujiro Ozu
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
A widower (Ryu) arranges for his loyal daughter (Iwashita) to be wed, and tries to drown his sorrows in sake and drunken comradeship. Given the homogeneity of Ozu's work, perhaps it is meretricious to dwell on the fact that this was his final film. Still, its sweet, mellow air is all the more moving seen in that light, and it is clearly the testament of an old man. It's also worth noting that the film-maker's mother died in the course of the shooting: Ozu had lived with her all his life. Only this film and Good Morning were made in colour, but Ozu applies it here with great care and precision, another mark of his sublime philosophical and cinematic continuity (incidentally, note how red and silver motifs recur throughout the picture).Author: TCh
Cast & crew
Director: Yasujiro Ozu
Producer: Shizuo Yamanouchi
Cast: Chishu Ryu, Shima Iwashita, Shinichiro Mikami, Keiji Sada, Mariko Okada, Teruo Yoshida full cast
Duration: 113 mins
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