An Autumn Afternoon
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An Autumn Afternoon (1962)

18/11/1962
Drama
1h 53m

Overview

Shuhei Hirayama is a widower with a 24-year-old daughter. Gradually, he comes to realize that she should not be obliged to look after him for the rest of his life, so he arranges a marriage for her.

  • Yasujirō OzuDirector, Screenplay
  • Kōgo NodaScreenplay
  • Original Title

    秋刀魚の味

  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    Japanese

Keywords

  • japan
  • family relationships
  • tokyo, japan
  • widower
  • shōwa era (1926-89)
  • japanese economic miracle

Top Billed Cast

Chishū Ryū

Chishū Ryū

Shuhei Hirayama

Shima Iwashita

Shima Iwashita

Michiko Hirayama

Keiji Sada

Keiji Sada

Koichi

Mariko Okada

Mariko Okada

Akiko

Teruo Yoshida

Teruo Yoshida

Yutaka Miura

Noriko Maki

Noriko Maki

Fusako Taguchi

Shinichirō Mikami

Shinichirō Mikami

Kazuo

Nobuo Nakamura

Nobuo Nakamura

Shuzo Kawai

Eijirō Tōno

Eijirō Tōno

Sakuma, The 'Gourd'

Kuniko Miyake

Kuniko Miyake

Nobuko

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