The End Of Summer (DVD, 2004)

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The End of Summer

Daisuke Kato, Michiyo Aratama, Ganjiro Nakamura, Reiko Dan, Setsuko Hara

Yasujiro Ozu

English

DVD

2004

Japanese

With Subtitles, Director's Filmography

1.33 Full Screen\4.3

103 Mins

Drama, General

U

1

Japan

Sunday Times - ...A lovely film... Every scene is elegantly, aptly composed... Plainly the work of a master..., The Guardian - ...Remarkable... Another exquisitely judged late work..., The Times - ... Emotionally involving... Laced with humour and compassion...

As the families traditional sake business begins to suffers in the face of competition from a increasingly industrialised post-war Japan; the head of the family, Manbei, meets an old flame and restarts his friendship with her. The family disapproves but the old man does not care; he is further distracted by his desire to marry off his daughters.
THE END OF SUMMER is a touching portrait of a rapidly vanishing world and is the penultimate film by one of Japan's greatest film-makers; Yasujiro Ozu.

The End Of Summer

Dolby Digital Mono

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