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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 (Sanma no aji) is one of cinema's fondest farewells. | | LOG IN TO COMMENT ON THIS REVIEW! |
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Alarmed by the pathetic state of his old teacher's daughter-the young woman has sacrificed herself to take care of her father and now passed the age of marriage-the aging salaryman Hirayama realises that he must find his daughter Michiko a husband. His son Koichi understands that Michiko is fond of his colleague Miura, but the young salaryman is already engaged. A desperate Hirayama turns to an old friend from school, who has previously proposed a candidate. After the wedding, Hirayama visits the bar that he has learned to frequent lately, one of the reasons being the proprietress resembles his dead wife. | | LOG IN TO COMMENT ON THIS REVIEW! |
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