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Autumn Blossoms

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  • CountryJapan
  • Production Year1999
  • Running Time122min
  • Format35mm
  • ColorCOLOR
Program Note
Sixty-four-year old Mano, retired after serving 40 years as a firefighter, is a lonely old man. His wife has been admitted to a psychiatric ward, his son is separated from his wife and addicted to gambling, and several of his friends have fallen from grace by courting young students. His only joy is growing chrysanthemums and receiving the national first prize in the chrysanthemum competition with his flowers. But unfortunately, the people who surround him are all in dire straits. Among them are Mano′s worst rivals Kurose and Miharu. Kurose is the country′s top chrysanthemum cultivator but has a life that is far from bliss as a man without a family. And Miharu′s whole family commits suicide when the patriarch′s business fails. So through Mano′s efforts to beat Kurose, he comes to realize the importance of family. Mano begins to overcome his own ′inferiority complex′ that permeated post-war Japan, and uses his new hope to recover his family. Now Mano is tranformed into a man of nature who teaches love instead of competition by means of chrysanthemums. In the end, the image of Mano smiling at the chrysanthemums reflects that of a wise old man who has grasped the meaning of life. (Kim Ji-Seok)
Director
Director
Ikehata Shunsaku
Born in 1946. Autumn Blossoms is his first feature film. He started his caree as the co-writer of Shohei Imamura‘s Vengeance is Mine and Ballad of Narayama. After that he wrote for numerous TV dramas and received many domestic and international prizes.
Credit
  • Director
    Ikehata Shunsaku
  • ProducerBong Ou Lee
    Masaya Nakamura
    Mizue Kunizane
  • CastKen Ogata
    Yoshida Oida
    Hijiri Kojima
  • ScreenplaySeukatsu Iketani
  • CinematographyMasao Tochizawa
  • Production DesignSeukatsu Iketani
  • EditorTomoyo Ohshima
  • MusicTaro Iwashiro
  • Production CompanyCine Quanon
    c-quanon@t3.rim.or.jp
  • World SalesCine Quanon
    c-quanon@t3.rim.or.jp
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