Sanma no aji
By: Shōchiku eiga ; kyakuhon Noda Kōgo, Ozu Yasujirō ; seisaku Yamanouchi Shizuo ; kantoku Ozu Yasujirō
Contributors: Ryū, Chishū, 1904-1993, actor; Iwashita, Shima, 1941- actor; Sada, Keiji, 1926-1964, actor; Okada, Mariko, 1933- actor; Yoshida, Teruo, 1936- actor; Atsuta, Yūharu, 1905-1992, director of photography; Hamada, Tatsuo, art director; Saitō, Takanobu, 1924-2004, composer (expression); Bordwell, David, commentator; Andrew, Geoff, 1954- writer of supplementary textual content; Richie, Donald, 1924-2013, writer of supplementary textual content; Ciment, Michel, 1938- interviewee; Perec, Georges, 1936-1982, interviewee; Shōchiku Kabushiki Kaisha; Criterion Collection (Firm)
Edition: Special ed.
Series: The Criterion collection -- 446; Criterion collection -- 446.
Published: 2008
Language: jpn
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 113
ISBN-13: 9781604650624
Subjects: Fathers and daughters; Social life and customs; Widowers; Arranged marriage; Manners and customs; Drama
Other titles: Autumn afternoon :; Fond farewell.; Ozu's Diaries.; Yasujiro Ozu and the taste of sake.
Description: After living alone with his daughter for years, a widower must learn how to let her go, letting her be free to move on with her life, by arranging a marriage for her.
Notes: Originally produced as motion picture in 1962.

Program notes on container insert include an essay, "A fond farewell", by film scholar Geoff Andrew and an essay, "Ozu's diaries", by film scholar Donald Richie.

Special features: Optional audio commentary by film scholar David Bordwell; excerpts from 1978 French television program, "Yasujiro Ozu and the taste of sake" featuring film critics Michel Ciment and Georges Perec discussing Ozu's work (15 min.); original theatrical trailer (2 min.), original extended theatrical trailer (3 min.).

Cinematography, Atsuta Yūharu ; editor, Yoshiyasu Hamamura ; art, Hamada Tatsuo; music, Saitō Takanobu.

Ryū Chishū, Iwashita Shima, Sada Keiji, Okada Mariko, Yoshida Teruo.

Not rated.

DVD, region 1; NTSC; Dolby digital mono, full screen format (1.33:1).

In Japanese with optional English subtitles.