A must needed vacation from the world ... Ozu's grace stood till the end ... and this film will forever be tied to one of the more recent chapter's of my life now, and I am thankful that Ozu is always there to help me move forward.
The master bidding an emotional farewell to the art form which he brought up like a child but eventually had to let go in the end.
In many ways, this is the ultimate Ozu film. All of his usual tropes are present, and they are perfectly done as they have ever been.
Ozu's final film, Ozu's final masterpiece. Playful, gently moving... everything you expect from this Japanese Master. Excellent performance by Ozu regular Chishu Ryu and a superb cameo form Eijiro Tono, one of the great charactor actors, as 'The Gourd'...
Maybe one day ... when I'm a little wiser ... I will be able to explain how important this film is to me.
There's nothing in cinema quite like the last shot of ''An Autumn Afternoon''...