So we are in a contemplative mood on this episode, and there are certain filmmakers who contemplative moods call for.

We are discussing Yasuzio Ozu's final film, his 1962 film, an autumn afternoon.

Now, when Luke suggested this one, when he said it was his last movie, I of course knew what it was,

because I remembered what the color looked like in it, and I remembered the title. But then I had to think, wait, what happened in that one?

Because, you know, the Ozu movies, they blur together a little bit, don't they folks?

We say this with affection. And then watching it, I thought, oh yeah, this is the one where

all the old boys are out getting drunk.

Yes, I do remember which one this is.

Well, it is a film that is, I think, somewhat easy to confuse with an earlier black and white film.

This was Oz's last film, by the way.

It came out in 1962, and he died in December of 1963.

And actually, he was already making notes for another project, which was provisionally called

Radishes and Carrots.

And that one was going to be the story of a daughter about to marry and leave her father,

which is basically the story of an autumn afternoon, though in radishes and carrots,

the parent had cancer, which, you know, was the thing that Ozu ultimately died of. But yeah,

this film is very easy to confuse with late spring. I've seen both movies, but I'd forgotten

about all of the sort of B stories in this movie. I'd forgotten about the similarities it shares

with what I think is the only Ozu movie we've done a treatment for on this podcast, which is his

wonderful comedy, Good Morning. And mind podcast, which is his wonderful comedy,

Good Morning. And mind you, the difference between the comedies and the tragedies can be one of

slight degree rather than kind. Ozu really had particular concerns that he returned to again and again.

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