An Autumn Afternoon

1962 · directed by Yasujirō Ozu

Rating

85/100

Hit

yes

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

An Autumn Afternoon (1962), directed by Yasujirō Ozu, rates 85/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Chishū Ryū
• Shima Iwashita
• Keiji Sada
• Mariko Okada
• Teruo Yoshida
• Noriko Maki
• Shinichirō Mikami
• Nobuo Nakamura
• Eijirō Tōno
• Kuniko Miyake

Crew

• Yûharu Atsuta — Director of Photography
• Yoshiyasu Hamamura — Editor
• Takanobu Saitō — Original Music Composer
• Kōgo Noda — Screenplay
• Yasujirō Ozu — Screenplay

More from Yasujirō Ozu

1. Tokyo Story (1953) — 100/100 · hit
2. Late Spring (1949) — 99/100 · hit
3. Late Autumn (1960) — 87/100 · hit
4. Early Summer (1951) — 87/100 · hit
5. Floating Weeds (1959) — 85/100 · hit
6. Tokyo Twilight (1957) — 85/100 · hit

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