SUN 19 MAY
Coming Soon to
Academy Cinemas
241 mins |
Rated
PG
Directed by Yasujiro Ozu
Starring Setsuko Hara, Chishû Ryû, Shima Iwashita, Keiji Sada, Mariko Okada
A special 'Ozu in Autumn' Double Bill, celebrating two late, great films from the master Japanese director during NZ's Autumn months! Playing as part of Academy's spotlight on Ozu, May 18-23.
Includes 20 minute intermission.
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LATE AUTUMN (1960)
128min
The great actress and Ozu regular Setsuko Hara plays a mother gently trying to persuade her daughter to marry in this glowing portrait of family love and conflict—a reworking of Ozu's 1949 masterpiece LATE SPRING.
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AN AUTUMN AFTERNOON (1962)
113min
The last film by Yasujiro Ozu was also his final masterpiece, a gently heartbreaking story about a man’s dignifed resignation to life’s shifting currents and society’s modernization. Though the widower Shuhei (frequent Ozu leading man Chishu Ryu) has been living comfortably for years with his grown daughter, a series of events leads him to accept and encourage her marriage and departure from their home. As elegantly composed and achingly tender as any of the Japanese master’s films, AN AUTUMN AFTERNOON is one of cinema’s fondest farewells.
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A special 'Ozu in Autumn' Double Bill, celebrating two late, great films from the master Japanese director during NZ's Autumn months! Playing as part of Academy's spotlight on Ozu, May 18-23.
Includes 20 minute intermission.
__________________
LATE AUTUMN (1960)
128min
The great actress and Ozu regular Setsuko Hara plays a mother gently trying to persuade her daughter to marry in this glowing portrait of family love and conflict—a reworking of Ozu's 1949 masterpiece LATE SPRING.
___________________________
AN AUTUMN AFTERNOON (1962)
113min
The last film by Yasujiro Ozu was also his final masterpiece, a gently heartbreaking story about a man’s dignifed resignation to life’s shifting currents and society’s modernization. Though the widower Shuhei (frequent Ozu leading man Chishu Ryu) has been living comfortably for years with his grown daughter, a series of events leads him to accept and encourage her marriage and departure from their home. As elegantly composed and achingly tender as any of the Japanese master’s films, AN AUTUMN AFTERNOON is one of cinema’s fondest farewells.