The Approach of Autumn
The Approach of Autumn, also titled Autumn Has Already Started, is a 1960 Japanese drama film directed by Mikio Naruse. It was written by Ryōzō Kasahara.
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
- 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