An Autumn Afternoon (1962) - Yasujiro Ozu

There comes a time when watching Ozu films were you realize the man pretty much made one film over his entire career. For some An Autumn Afternoon might seem the culmination of a brilliant career. The final chapter in his epic drama on the middle class Japanese family. However it leaves feeling almost incomplete. A sentence without punctuation. The story has been told by Ozu numerous times, and almost to redunancy. Rather than adding a new dimension or a different shade, the film instead feels like it is repeating itself. The prhase "seen one, seen 'em all" seems appropriate here.