An Autumn Afternoon
1962 · Movie · NR · 113 min · ★ 7.9 · 93% critics
A widower lives with his caretaker daughter, while everyday family routines and social expectations weigh on everyone. As he reflects on time passing, he comes to believe she deserves her own future and takes steps to arrange a marriage for her.
Also known as The Taste of Mackerel Pike
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Details
- Original title
- 秋刀魚の味
- Years
- 1962
- Release date
- 1962-11-18
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 93/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.9/10 (320 votes)
About
If you enjoy thoughtful, gently melancholy family dramas with postwar social change, An Autumn Afternoon may land well; Not for you if you want big thrills, modern relationship tropes, or high-energy pacing like Early Summer.
Pros: quiet, character-focused drama; warm family moments; beautiful color atmosphere | Cons: slow, low-key pacing; limited action; some viewers find it heavy
Themes
- japan
- family relationships
- tokyo, japan
- widower
- 20th century
- shōwa era (1926-89)
- japanese economic miracle
Cast & crew
Chishū Ryū
as Shuhei Hirayama
Shima Iwashita
as Michiko Hirayama
Keiji Sada
as Koichi
Mariko Okada
as Akiko
Teruo Yoshida
as Yutaka Miura
Noriko Maki
as Fusako Taguchi
Shinichirō Mikami
as Kazuo
Nobuo Nakamura
as Shuzo Kawai
Eijirō Tōno
as Sakuma, The 'Gourd'
Kuniko Miyake
as Nobuko
Directed by Yasujirō Ozu