# An Autumn Afternoon (1962)

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**Original title**: *秋刀魚の味*
**Runtime**: 113 min
**Genres**: Drama
**Directed by**: Yasujirō Ozu
**Written by**: Yasujirō Ozu, Kōgo Noda
**Starring**: Chishū Ryū, Shima Iwashita, Keiji Sada, Mariko Okada, Teruo Yoshida, Noriko Maki

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A widower’s daughter handles the house while he pines for her future. When he finally pushes her to leave home instead of anchoring him he starts to understand the cost of his selfishness. A melancholy snapshot of 1960s Tokyo that moves like a slow sigh.

**Mood tags**: foreign-gem, bittersweet, outsider, slow-burn, tender

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