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Autumn
Has Already Started (1960) – M. Naruse
Mikio Naruse turns his depressive’s eye
toward kids, showing how they must cope when buffeted by events beyond their
control. 12-year old Hideo and his
mother move to Tokyo from rural Nagano prefecture when his father dies of
TB. She leaves him with her brother’s
family and begins work at a nearby inn.
Hideo gets teased by other boys but meets a young girl, Junko, a couple
of years younger who befriends him. It
turns out that her mother is his mother’s employer. This might be fine but Hideo’s mother
suddenly disappears, apparently running off with a customer from the
ryokan. As it turns out, Junko’s father
is only vaguely in the picture, he’s a married businessman from another city
and only visits occasionally. When he
shows up with his other older kids, there is tension. Neither Hideo nor Junko fully comprehend
their circumstances but they have their friendship. When Junko suddenly moves away, Hideo is
alone again – and the film ends. Sad,
but rings true.
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