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The Approach of Autumn
The Approach of Autumn
Directed by	Mikio Naruse
Written by	Ryōzō Kasahara
Produced by	Mikio Naruse
Starring	Nobuko Otowa; Kamatari Fujiwara;
Cinematography	Jun Yasumoto
Edited by	Eiji Ooi
Music by	Ichirō Saitō
Production; company	Toho
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	1 October 1960 (Japan);
Running time	79 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

The Approach of Autumn (秋立ちぬ, Aki tachinu), also titled Autumn Has Already Started, is a 1960 Japanese drama film directed by Mikio Naruse.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Plot

After the death of his father, Hideo and his mother Shigeko leave Ueda, Nagano, for Tokyo, where she starts a job at a ryokan, while Hideo moves in with his uncle's family. He befriends the slightly younger Junko, the daughter of Shigeko's employer Naoyo, herself the mistress of a married businessman who finances the ryokan. The two children start making repeated trips around the city together, which finally lead them to the ocean that Hideo only knows from pictures. Hideo is eventually left alone when his mother runs off with a guest and Junko moves away after her father sold her mother's business.

Cast

Kenzaburō Ōsawa as Hideo
Nobuko Otowa as Shigeko, Hideo's mother
Kamatari Fujiwara as Hideo's uncle
Natsuko Kahara as Hideo's aunt
Yosuke Natsuki as Shotaro
Futaba Ichiki as Junko (credited as Futaba Hitotsugi)
Murasaki Fujima as Naoyo, Junko's mother
Daisuke Katō as Tomioka
Hisako Hara as Harue
Seizaburō Kawazu as Kasao
Kin Sugai as ryokan maid

Reception

In his 2008 Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors, film historian Alexander Jacoby called The Approach of Autumn a "precise, clear‒eyed story of a child's emotional life, with something of the bittersweet quality of [Hiroshi] Shimizu".^[4]

Legacy

The Approach of Autumn was screened at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive in 2006.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "秋立ちぬ (The Approach of Autumn)" (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "秋立ちぬ (The Approach of Autumn)" (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
^ "没後50年成瀬巳喜男の世界映画祭 (The World of Mikio Naruse 50 Years After His Death) Mikio Naruse Film Festival" (in Japanese). Shogakukan 神保町シアター (Jinbōchō Theater). Retrieved 25 March 2021.
^ Jacoby, Alexander (2008). Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors: From the Silent Era to the Present Day. Berkeley: Stone Bridge Press. ISBN 978-1-933330-53-2.
^ "The Approach of Autumn". BAMPFA. Retrieved 19 July 2023.

External links

The Approach of Autumn at IMDb
Uhlich, Keith (28 October 2005). "Review: The Approach of Autumn". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
Thrift, Matthew (20 August 2015). "Mikio Naruse: 10 essential films". British Film Institute. Retrieved 19 July 2023.