A widow tries to marry off her daughter with the help of her late husband's three friends.A widow tries to marry off her daughter with the help of her late husband's three friends.A widow tries to marry off her daughter with the help of her late husband's three friends.
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- TriviaIn 1961, Late Autumn (1960) (Akibiyori) was selected as the Japanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 33rd Academy Awards®, but was not accepted as a nominee.
- Quotes
Shuzo Taguchi: She really is beautiful.
Seiichiro Hirayama: I love talking to girls of that age.
Shuzo Taguchi: And the daughter's not bad either.
Soichi Mamiya: Ah, you meant her mother?
Shuzo Taguchi: Hasn't changed a bit.
Soichi Mamiya: Truly beautiful.
Seiichiro Hirayama: Yes, she is. But her daughter is nice too.
Soichi Mamiya: Sure, she's nice. On the other hand, Akiko is pst 40 already.
Shuzo Taguchi: If given a choice, I'd take the mother. A fine woman.
Soichi Mamiya: Yes, she is.
Seiichiro Hirayama: Are you serious?
Shuzo Taguchi: Absolutely. It's true what they say about men with beautiful wives dying young.
Soichi Mamiya: Miwa paid a steep price for his good fortune. She's grown even more attractive recently.
Shuzo Taguchi: You noticed too?
Soichi Mamiya: How could I not?
Shuzo Taguchi: You got to be dense not to feel it.
Seiichiro Hirayama: I feel it. Just not as much as you guys.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Satoshi Kon: The Illusionist (2021)
- Soundtracks1st Movement
from "Piano Sonata No.11 A Major, K.331"
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
At the scene of a dressmaking school
Yasujiro Ozu's films are slow and touching, but never dry or overly sentimental. Personally, I have to be in the right mood to get attached to them, but thankfully, tonight was the right mood. I found this very engaging throughout, and thought the characters were endearing, the visuals were very pleasant to look at, and the mix of drama and humour was pitch-perfect.
There is still the slow pacing that I was aware of here and there, but not too often, all things considered. Part of me felt like 130 minutes was a little long, but another part of me enjoyed spending over two hours with these characters and their important (but not too high stakes) life decisions. I even had to remind myself they were fictional, after I thought to myself right after the movie ended that I hoped a character would be okay in their life going forward... before pinching myself and realising that they're fictional, and there technically is no more life for them to live once the screen fades to black. I think that's the sign of good writing and acting right there.
- Jeremy_Urquhart
- Dec 12, 2022
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $17,781
- Runtime2 hours 8 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1