Rent Late Autumn (1960)
4.1 of 5 from 95 ratings
2h 8min
- General info
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- Synopsis:
- When college nostalgia inspires a group of middle-aged businessmen to match-make for the widow - played with measured dignity by Setsuko Hara (Tokyo Story) - of one of their friends and her daughter, they have no idea of the strife their careless interference will cause. Late Autumn's examination of familial upheaval moves effortlessly from comedy to pathos and is amongst the finest of legendary director Yasujiro Ozu's post-war films.
- Actors:
- Setsuko Hara, Yôko Tsukasa, Mariko Okada, Keiji Sada, Miyuki Kuwano, Shin'ichirô Mikami, Shin Saburi, Chishû Ryû, Nobuo Nakamura, Kuniko Miyake, Sadako Sawamura, Ryûji Kita, Fumio Watanabe, Ayako Senno, Yuriko Tashiro, Fujio Suga, Toyo Takahashi, Mutsuko Sakura, Hisao Toake, Yoshie Minami
- Directors:
- Yasujirô Ozu
- Producers:
- Shizuo Yamanouchi
- Writers:
- Ton Satomi, Kôgo Noda
- Aka:
- Akibiyori
- Studio:
- Tartan
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy, Drama
- Collections:
- The Instant Expert's Guide to Yasujiro Ozu, Top 10 Autumn Films
- Countries:
- Japan
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 23/05/2011
- Run Time:
- 129 minutes
- Languages:
- Japanese LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Optional score for 'A Mother Should Be Loved' by composer Ed Hughes, commissioned exclusively for the BFI
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Reviews (1) of Late Autumn
Any Other Business: Marriage - Late Autumn review by griggs
Yasujiro Ozu perfected the family drama with Late Spring, then returned eleven years later for another go. This time Dad becomes Mum, plus three meddling old fools.
Setsuko Hara, the reluctant bride of 1949, now plays the mother with a daughter to marry off. She's seen this goodbye from both sides, which makes that famous smile hurt to watch.
The old boys had me giggling. They treat marriage like a committee meeting, tabling proposals nobody asked for. Mariko Okada's Yuriko sees straight through them and delivers the dressing-down they've been courting all along.
The colour interiors look so immaculate I'd be scared to plump a cushion. Still, Late Spring cuts deeper. Ozu got it right the first time, though I'm rather glad he checked.
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