Sunday, August 14, 2016
An Autumn Afternoon
- Commentary: Although I am a staunch fan of Ozu's movies and have seen several, this is the only one I own, so far. Inexpensive copies are few and hard to find. I looked for some at Hastings' going-out-of-business sale. This is the only one I found, in mint condition. I suspect the previous owner probably bought the movie by mistake. This is Ozu's last and, if I can be said to have favorites of his movies, it is one of them. As a follower of his movies, I've developed an ability to detect his changing moods through his work. This is the last and most precious, and I'm not using that word in a satirically critical manner. Hopefully this won't be the last Ozu film in my collection.
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Chishū Ryū Shūhei Hirayama Shima Iwashita Michiko Hirayama Keiji Sada Kōichi Hirayama Mariko Okada Akiko Hirayama Teruo Yoshida Yutaka Miura Noriko Maki Fusako Taguchi Shin'ichirō Mikami Kazuo Hirayama Nobuo Nakamura Shūzō Kawai Kuniko Miyake Nobuko Kawai Eijirō Tōno Seitarō Sakuma Haruko Sugimura Tomoko Sakuma Kyōko Kishida Kaoru Proprietor
One of Roger Ebert's Great Movies.
Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of this film.
Release Date: 1962
Directed by Yasujirō Ozu.
Labels: §2, chishū-ryū, Criterion2, drama5, me-favorite1, yasujirō-ozu
