An Autumn Afternoon

★★★★★

Original title: Sanma no aji · Turkish title: Bir Güz Öğleden Sonrası

1962 · 1 h 53 min

Directed by Yasujiro Ozu

Drama

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Cast

Chishu Ryu Shima Iwashita Keiji Sada

Credits

Written by: Kōgo Noda

Plot

A widower arranges for his daughter to marry and faces a lonely future.

Sinekatalog’s take

Yasujiro Ozu's final film is a gentle, melancholy drama of a widower marrying off his daughter. Warm, subtle and perfect in composition, it is a quiet farewell from a master.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 8.0 / 10 (12,279 votes)
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