Yasujiro Ozu-Sanma no aji ('An Autumn Afternoon') (1962)

Undoubtedly influenced by the death, during filming, of his mother, with whom he had lived all his life, Ozu's final film is both a serene meditation on aging and loneliness, and a very funny film in places. Having arranged the marriage of his only daughter, a widower becomes painfully aware of his advanced age and his isolation. Solace is sought in alcohol and drunken comradeship which give rise to some of the funniest scenes of Ozu's later films. Ozu died a year after making this film so it became his last thoughts on a recurring subject. Recalling Late Autumn and Early Spring, Ozu's film is simple and sublime. [Literally, the Japanese title "Samma no Aji " means The Taste of Mackerel]. OzuFilms




Shuhei Hirayama is a widower with a 24-year old daughter. He gradually comes to realize that she should not be obliged to look after him for the rest of his life, and so he arranges a marriage for her. (http://imdb.com/title/tt0056444/plotsummary)




Since the death of his wife, salaryman Shuhei Hirayama has depended on his unmarried daughter Michiko. After a chance encounter with an old friend, he decides he must find his daughter a husband, and enlists the help of his westernised son Koichi and his wife Akiko. As Hirayama assesses potential suitors, director Yasujiro Ozu focusses on the competing pressures of loss, hope and the relevance of traditional culture within a modernising society. One of the world's most revered filmmakers, Yasujiro Ozu's delicate domestic drama is a typically beautiful, techinicolour evocation of post-war Japan and a society in transition.