1961 | Japan | Fiction

Kohayagawa-ke no aki (The End of Summer)

  • Japanese 103 mins
  • Director | Yasujiro Ozu
  • Writer | Yasujiro Ozu, Kogo Noda
  • Producer | Sanezumi Fujimoto, Tadahiro Teramoto, Masakatsu Kaneko

STATUS: Released

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The Kohayakawa family is thrown into distress when childlike father Manbei takes up with his old mistress, in one of Ozu's most deftly modulated blendings of comedy and tragedy.

Family Tradition Change Mortality Transition
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The Criterion Collection
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