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An Autumn Afternoon (1962)

★ 8.0Not Rated113 minDirector: Yasujirō Ozu

1962 Japanese film by Yasujirō Ozu

An Autumn Afternoon (Japanese: 秋刀魚の味, Hepburn: Sanma no Aji; "The Taste of Sanma") is a 1962 Japanese drama film directed by Yasujirō Ozu for Shochiku Films. It stars Ozu regular Chishū Ryū as the patriarch of the Hirayama family who eventually realises that he has a duty to arrange a marriage for his daughter Michiko (Shima Iwashita). It was Ozu's last film; he died the following year on the day he turned 60.

Today, An Autumn Afternoon is considered by many to be one of Ozu's finest works.

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What is An Autumn Afternoon about?
An Autumn Afternoon (1962) — 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
Is An Autumn Afternoon based on a true story?
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