#446: OZU, Yasujiro: An Autumn Afternoon (1962)

OZU, Yasujiro (Japan)
An Autumn Afternoon [1962]
Spine #446
DVD


Yasujiro 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 is one of cinema's fondest farewells.

113 minutes
Color
Monaural
in Japanese
1:33:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2008
Director/Writers


Written by Kôgo Noda and Yasujiro Ozu.

Film Rating (0-60):

60

The Extras

The Booklet

Thirty-two page booklet featuring essays by film critic Geoff Andrew and film scholar Donald Richie.

Commentary

Featuring film scholar David Bordwell, author of Ozu and the Poetics of Cinema.

Excerpts

From Yasujiro Ozu and The Taste of Sake, a 1978 French television program looking back on Ozu’s career, featuring critics Michel Ciment and Georges Perec.

Theatrical trailer

Extras Rating (0-40):

39

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