An Autumn Afternoon

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.

An Autumn Afternoon
Theatrical release poster
Directed byYasujirō Ozu
Written byKogo Noda
Yasujirō Ozu
Produced byShizuo Yamanouchi
StarringShima Iwashita
Chishū Ryū
Keiji Sada
Mariko Okada
Teruo Yoshida
Noriko Maki
Shinichiro Mikami
Eijiro Tono
CinematographyYûharu Atsuta
Edited byYoshiyasu Hamamura
Music byKojun Saito
Production
company
Shochiku
Distributed byShochiku
Release date
  • 18 November 1962 (1962-11-18)
Running time
113 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Budget125,090 tickets (France)

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

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