Kohayagawa-ke no Aki (1961)
Genre: Drama
Duration: 103 minuten
Alternative titles: The End of Summer / 小早川家の秋
Country:
Japan
Directed by: Yasujirô Ozu
Stars: Ganjirô Nakamura I, Setsuko Hara and Yôko Tsukasa
IMDb score:
7,7 (4.881)
Releasedate: 29 October 1961
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Kohayagawa-ke no Aki plot
A portrait of the Kohayagawa family, owners of a small sake brewery in post-war Japan. For the youngest daughter Noriko, a marriage to a man of standing is being prepared, while her sister-in-law Akiko, a widow, is looking for a new husband. Meanwhile, the head of the family, Manbei, regularly visits his former love Tsune and her 21-year-old daughter Yuriko, much to the chagrin of the rest of the family. At a get-together to commemorate the death of his wife, something unexpected happens.
Actors and actresses
Akiko
Noriko, second daughter
Fumiko, eldest daughter
Hisao, Fumiko's husband
Masao, their son
Isomura Eiichirou
Sasaki Tsune
Yuriko, her daughter
Katou Shige
Kitagawa Yanosuke
Reviews & comments
Spetie
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- 38871 messages
- 8252 votes
A good and very solid Ozu, this time again in color, about an important turning point in the history of a Japanese family, consisting of a widower and his four children.
The calm and quiet narrative style, supported by the low camerawork, always has something very soothing. I have experienced that with several Ozu's and with this End of Summer that feeling also reappears after a while. The story is quite interesting to follow and the various characters are faced with important choices and all struggle with feelings. Some changes in life are simply inevitable, a theme that is also addressed here. The acting is, as always, fine and Ozu's muse Setsuko Hara plays very nicely again with her characteristic sympathetic appearance.
End of Summer is not as good as Ozu's best work. He occasionally drops a few stitches and it is slightly less strong in terms of emotional impact than comparable films of his. Nevertheless, it is a nice watch and even a slightly lesser Ozu remains above average. Family dramas have always been entrusted to him.
3.5*
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wibro
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- 11590 messages
- 4098 votes
The third film of Ozu that I have seen and also his best. Beautiful story, excellent acting especially that of the widower and a great last half hour full of symbolism. The Zen philosophy was very clearly readable. Another plus is that this film is shot in color. The black and white films of Ozu looked rather boring. That cannot be said of this otherwise very optimistic film, which gave me a good feeling.
4.5*
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BBarbie
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- 12893 messages
- 7675 votes
In my opinion, Yasujirō Ozu made beautiful, sometimes even magnificent films in the years after the war until the early 1960s. However, I would like to make a side note about that. Both in terms of content and design, these films are very similar, at least the six that I have seen of his so far. Not for the first time, when watching this beautiful, human drama, I occasionally had the feeling that I was watching some kind of revision. Not rightly of course, but still. I would not have found a bit more variation, both in terms of content and style, a bad thing.
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