The End of Summer (1961)

Original title

小早川家の秋

Directed by

Yasujirō Ozu

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

G

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 109 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An aging widower and his three daughters navigate changes in their family. Old traditions and new desires create quiet tensions among them.

melancholicreflectiveslow-burnfamilialpoignantgentlebittersweetobservational

What happens

The End of Summer (小早川家の秋, Kohayagawa-ke no aki; lit. "Autumn of the Kohayagawa family") is a 1961 Japanese film directed by Yasujirō Ozu for Toho Films. It was entered into the 12th Berlin International Film Festival. The film was his penultimate; only An Autumn Afternoon (1962) followed it, which he made for Shochiku Films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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