The Approach of Autumn (1960)
A single mother from the country raising a 6th grade boy comes to Tokyo, leaves the boy to live with his uncle's family, runs a struggling grocery store, and works a local inn. The boy befriends a girl, the daughter of the innkeeper.
Director:
Mikio Naruse
Writer:
Ryōzō Kasahara
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Nobuko Otowa as Shigeko Fukatani |
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Yōsuke Natsuki as Shotaro Yamada |
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Chisako Hara as Harue Yamada |
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Daisuke Katō as Tomioka |
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Seizaburō Kawazu as Asao |
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Kenzaburo Osawa as Hideo Fukatani |
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Futaba Ichiki as Junko Mishima |
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Kamatari Fujiwara as Tsunekichi Yamada |
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Natsuko Kahara as Sakae Yamada |
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Kin Sugai as The Aunt |
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Murasaki Fujima as Naoya Mishima |
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Teruko Mita as Masako |
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Ayumi Sonoda as Waitress A |
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Rumi Konishi as Tokiko |
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Yûko Nogami as |
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Naoya Kusakawa as Policeman |
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Toshio Miura as Takashi |
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Yasuhiko Saijō as Yamashita |
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Gorô Sakurai as Driver |
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Chie Sugiura as Maid A |
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Toshiko Nakano as |
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Kieko Miyazaki as |
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Kazuko Tani as |
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Akira Tamura as |
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Jirô Suzukawa as |
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Hiroshi Akitsu as |
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Keiji Yanoma as Child A |
| Directing | Mikio Naruse | Director |
| Production | Mikio Naruse | Producer |
| Camera | Jun Yasumoto | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Eiji Ooi | Editor |
| Art | Tatsuo Kita | Production Design |
| Production | Toshio Kitamura | Production Manager |
| Directing | Masaji Nonagase | Assistant Director |
| Lighting | Kiichi Onda | Gaffer |
| Sound | Ichirō Saitō | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Ryōzō Kasahara | Screenplay |
| Sound | Hisashi Shimonaga | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Akira Saitô | Sound Recordist |