Wednesday, 19 November 2014

Marrying off your daughter

An Autumn Afternoon (1962)

Directed by Yasujiro Ozu this film stars Chishu Ryu, Shima Iwashita, Keiji Sada and Mariko Okada. A widower is convinced by his friends that it is time to help his daughter find a husband.

I enjoyed Tokyo Story (1953) and this is another dialogue heavy, slow moving drama by the same director but I found it to be less enjoyable. The milieu of the Japanese social structure of the period when it comes to marriage is not exactly universal so at times I found it hard to connect with the story. Ozu is famous for his style of direction which is present here but is not really always to my taste.


3/5

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