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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 lifes inevitable, endless cycle.
Ozu’s rarely seen post-war melodrama, A Hen in the Wind, 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.
Special features
- Fully illustrated booklet with newly commissioned essays by Kyoko Hirano and Jonathan Rosenbaum.
- New and improved English subtitles.
- Standard Definition and High Definition presentation of An Autumn Afternoon (DVD & Blu-ray).
- Standard Definition presentation of A Hen in the Wind (DVD only).
Product information
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Certificate
PG
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Colour
Colour
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Sound
Sound
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Running time
113mins
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Languages
Japanese
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Subtitles
English
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Original aspect ratio
1.33:1
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DVD region
2 Europe (except Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus), Middle East, Egypt, Japan, South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho, Greenland, French Overseas departments and territories
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Blu-ray region
B - Includes most European and Middle-Eastern countries, all of Africa, Australia and New Zealand
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Catalogue number
BFIB1072
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