Wheat autumn
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Wheat autumn |
| Original title | 麦秋 , Bakushu |
| Country of production | Japan |
| original language | Japanese |
| Publishing year | 1951 |
| length | 125 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Yasujirō Ozu |
| script |
Kōgo Noda Yasujirō Ozu |
| production | Takeshi Yamamoto |
| music | Senji Itō |
| camera | Yushun Atsuta |
| cut | Yoshiyasu Hamamura |
| occupation | |
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Wheat Autumn ( Japanese 麦秋 , Bakushū ) is a Japanese film . It is one of the most famous works by the director Yasujirō Ozu and was produced in the spring and summer of 1951 in the Shochiku Ofuna studios. This black and white film was shot in 35mm format.
It premiered on October 3, 1951 in Tokyo . It was first broadcast in Germany on July 5, 1972 on Bayerischer Rundfunk. The German cinema premiere did not take place until December 6, 1972 in the Arsenal cinema in Berlin.
action
The 28-year-old daughter Noriko of the focus family should finally marry so as not to end up as an old maid. Sotaro Satake, Noriko's boss, has a friend named Manabe whom he wants to match with Noriko. Noriko hesitates to marry an unknown man who also has the disadvantage of being over 40 years old. However, Noriko is beginning to accept the idea of being married, especially after two married friends spend less and less time with her. Kenkichi Yabe, a widowed neighbor of Noriko and an old family friend, is offered a job in northern Japan. Kenkichi's mother is very affected. One evening before Kenkichi leaves town, she tells Noriko about her dream that her son should marry Noriko.
background
Basically, wheat autumn doesn't tell a story. Rather, the film consists of a series of several small episodes. Each of these little episodes has a life of its own.
With his film, Ozu transfigures neither tradition nor progress. He would rather differentiate between these two poles. The traditional family appears both as an institution of social security and as a place of suppression of individual desires.
Weizenherbst is part of the so-called Noriko trilogy (in addition to Weizenherbst , Late Spring , 1949, and Die Reise nach Tokyo , 1953). Chishū Ryū and Setsuko Hara play again in Ozu's film, even if they are not the same people.
After Late Spring (1949) was very successful, the Shōchiku manufacturing company wanted to produce a similar story of Ozu. So Ozu and his screenwriter Kōgo Noda wrote another piece. The basic concept of the story remained the same. However, the plot became a bit more nuanced and complex. The details and dialogues, with which Noda is said to have been particularly satisfied, express a high degree of sensitivity and fine humor.
Reviews
"An impressive, subtle film, more interested in the nuances than in the surface of the plot."
Awards
Wheat Autumn was awarded the Kinema Jumpō Award (Japanese Critique Prize) in 1952 as best film. The film also received the Blue Ribbon Award in 1952 for Best Director (Yasujirō Ozu), Best Cinematography (Yushun Atsuta), Best Actress (Setsuko Hara) and Best Supporting Actress (Haruko Sugimura). At the Mainichi Eiga Concours in 1952, the work was honored as best film and Setsuko Hara as best leading actress.
Web links
- Wheat fall in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Wheat autumn at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wheat Autumn. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed January 10, 2017 .