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Sunday, Dec 7, 2025
2 PM (79 mins)
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BAMPFA
The Approach of Autumn
(Aki tachinu)
featuring
Nobuko Otowa, Kenzaburo Osawa, Kamatari Fujiwara, Yosuke Natsuki,
Recently widowed Nobuko Otowa (Onibaba) relocates for a job at Tokyo’s Mishima Hotel, but her shy sixth grader has trouble adjusting, preferring the company of his pet beetle—until he befriends the hotel manager’s daughter. A rare and masterful focus on children for Mikio Naruse.
FILM DETAILS
Screenwriter
- Ryozo Kasahara
Cinematographer
- Jun Yasumoto
Language
- Japanese
- with English subtitles
Print Info
- B&W
- 35mm
- 79 mins
Source
- The Japan Foundation
Permission
- Toho
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