AN AUTUMN AFTERNOON (THE CRITERION COLLECTION)

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• Release Year: 1962
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: Yasujirô Ozu’s final film was also his final masterpiece, the gently heartbreaking story of a man’s dignified resignation to both life’s ever-shifting currents and society’s gradual modernization. Though widower Shuhei Hirayama (Ozu’s frequent leading man Chishu Ryu) has been living comfortably for years with his grown daughter, a series of events leads him to accept and encourage her marriage and departure. As elegantly composed and achingly tender as any of the Japanese master’s films, An Autumn Afternoon (Sanma no aji) is one of cinema’s fondest farewells.
• Cast: Chishû Ryû, Shima Iwashita, Keiji Sada, Mariko Okada, Teruo Yoshida, Noriko Maki, Shin'ichirô Mikami, Nobuo Nakamura, Eijirô Tôno, Kuniko Miyake, Kyôko Kishida, Michiyo Tamaki, Ryûji Kita, Toyo Takahashi, Shinobu Asaji, Masao Oda, Fujio Suga, Zenichi Inagawa, Daisuke Katô, Haruko Sugimura, Tsûsai Sugawara, Yasuo Ogata, Yasujirô Ozu, Kôgo Noda
• Director: Yasujirô Ozu
• Runtime: 1:53
• Company: Shochiku Company, Janus Films, The Criterion Collection
• Media Format: Movie