Rent An Autumn Afternoon / A Hen in the Wind (1962)

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Synopsis:: Yasujiro Ozu's elegiac final film, 'An Autumn Afternoon', charts the inevitable eclipse of older generations by irreverent youth. Revisiting the story of his earlier masterpiece Late Spring (1949), Ozu once again casts Chishu Ryu in the role of Hirayama, the concerned father to unmarried Michiko. Harangued on all sides to marry off Michiko, Hirayama reluctantly prepares to bid his old life farewell. A cast of tragi-comic characters weaves seamlessly through this gently satirical portrayal of life's inevitable, endless cycle.
Actors:: Chishû Ryû, Shima Iwashita, Keiji Sada, Mariko Okada, Teruo Yoshida, Noriko Maki, Shin'ichirô Mikami, Nobuo Nakamura, Eijirô Tôno, Kuniko Miyake, Kyôko Kishida, Michiyo Tamaki, Ryûji Kita, Toyo Takahashi, Shinobu Asaji, Masao Oda, Fujio Suga, Zenichi Inagawa, Matsuko Shiga, Hisayo Komachi
Directors:: Yasujirô Ozu
Producers:: Shizuo Yamanouchi, Mitsuzô Kubo
Writers:: Kôgo Noda, Yasujirô Ozu
Aka:: Sanma no aji / Kaze no naka no mendori
Studio:: BFI Video
Genres:: Classics, Drama
Countries:: Japan, Classics, Drama

BBFC:

Release Date:

23/05/2011

Run Time:

193 minutes

Languages:

Japanese

Subtitles:

English

DVD Regions:

Region 2

Formats:

Pal

Aspect Ratio:

Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3

Colour:

Colour and B & W

Bonus:

Ozu's rarely seen post-war melodrama, 'A Hen in the Wind' (1948), is also included here. In a Japan recently devastated by World War II a devoted, near-destitute mother turns to prostitution to pay medical bills when her son falls dangerously ill. (80 Mins)