An Autumn Afternoon

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An Autumn Afternoon ★★★½ Sanma No Aji 1962

Ozu's final film is a beautiful expression of his talent. In postwar Tokyo, an aging widower loses his only daughter to marriage and begins a life of loneliness. A heart-wrenching tale of relationships and loss. In Japanese with English subtitles. 112m/C VHS . JP Chishu Ryu, Shima Iwashita, ShinIchiro Mikami, Mariko Okada, Keiji Sada; D: Yasujiro Ozu; W: Yasujiro Ozu; C: Yuuharu Atsuta; M: Kojun Saito.

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