An Autumn Afternoon
Nov 18 1962
•2h 53m
•Drama
Shuhei Hirayama is a widower with a 24-year-old daughter. Gradually, he comes to realize that she should not be obliged to look after him for the rest of his life, so he arranges a marriage for her.
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Chishū Ryū
Shuhei Hirayama
Shima Iwashita
Michiko Hirayama
Keiji Sada
Koichi
Mariko Okada
Akiko
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