An Autumn Afternoon (DVD + Blu-ray)

Beschrijving
Yasujiro Ozu's captivating final film, An Autumn Afternoon, displays the master director s skills at their consummate best. Ozu regular Chishu Ryu (Tokyo Story) plays Shuhei Hirayama, a concerned father eager to find a husband for his faithful daughter Michiko (Shima Iwashita) before she sees out her days caring for him. A cast of colourful characters weave seamlessly in and out of the story, highlighting themes of loneliness and fear for the future with deep poignancy and ironic humour.

Ozu's rarely-seen post-war film A Hen in the Wind (1948) is also included here. In a Japan recently devastated by WWII a devoted but near destitute mother waits for her husband s demobilisation. When her son falls seriously ill she turns to prostitution to pay his hospital bills.

Extra Features:

Dual Format Edition: includes both Blu-ray and the DVD versions of the main feature
Transferd from best available film elements to High Definition
Contains previously unavailable full length feature A Hen in the Wind (1948) (DVD only)
Fully illustrated booklet featuring newly commissioned sleeve notes.

Regisseur: Yasujiro Ozu

Cast: Chishû Ryû, Shima Iwashita and Keiji Sada

Ondertiteling: Engels