An Autumn Afternoon
Drama
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1962
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Widower Shuhei Hirayama's caretaker is his 24-year-old daughter, Michiko. Gradually, he comes to realize that Michiko should not be obliged to look after him for the rest of his life, so he arranges a marriage for her.
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Runtime:
113 min
Release date:
18 Nov 1962
Country:
JP
Languages:
Japanese
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
4 wins & 1 nomination total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
The fatal bargain of old age has rarely been observed as sharply as in Yasujiro Ozu's last film, from 1962.
– Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
9 Dec 2013
rotten:
This view of contemporary middle class life in Japan is too leisurely paced, too sentimental in design and its humorous social comments too infrequent.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
26 Mar 2009
fresh:
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.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
Stylistically it's one of Ozu's purest, most elemental works: no camera movement, very little movement within the frames, and hardly any apparent narrative progression.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
Such a completely realized example of the Ozu art that it seems impossible he did not intend it to be a kind of testament.
– ,
New York Times,
9 May 2005