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Spoiler-free premise
Widower Shūhei Hirayama considers arranging daughter Michiko's marriage after meeting a former teacher embittered by dependence on his own daughter.
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Tokyo widower Shūhei Hirayama lives with unmarried daughter Michiko and younger son Kazuo. A reunion with former teacher Sakuma, whose daughter sacrificed marriage to care for him, pushes Hirayama toward arranging Michiko's future despite their comfortable routine.
Why it belongs
Through bars, offices, golf, home corridors, and Ryū's widower recognizing loneliness as responsibility, An Autumn Afternoon makes parental release quietly devastating.
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Beer glasses, red kettles, factory corridors, school reunions, matchmaking visits, empty rooms, and low fixed frames let repetition register change; Chishū Ryū's final solitude arrives without melodramatic emphasis.
Major award wins
No verified wins in this six-institution crosswalk.
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