Japan Synopsis
秋立ちぬ
A single mother from the country raising a 6th grade boy comes to Tokyo, leaves the boy to live with his uncle's family, runs a struggling grocery store, and works a local inn. The boy befriends a girl, the daughter of the innkeeper…
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Approach of Autumn. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From TOHO
The 1959–1961 Japan Window
The Approach of Autumn holds position #21 of 36 Japan films in the 1959–1961 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
#1Hero of the Red Light District
★ 8.6 · 1960
#2The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
★ 8.4 · 1961
#3The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
★ 8.2 · 1959
#4Yojimbo
★ 8.1 · 1961
#5The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
★ 8.0 · 1959
#6When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
★ 8.0 · 1960
#7Hiroshima Mon Amour
★ 7.8 · 1959
#8Good Morning
★ 7.7 · 1959
The 1960s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1960s in Japan, 202 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Approach of Autumn premiered alongside 15 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 15 other Japan films in 1960.
The 136th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
11 audience reviews — more than 11% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 11th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Approach of Autumn, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- grocery store · 2
- fighting · 22
- travel · 21
- school · 82
- slice of life · 58
- parent child relationship · 46
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,457 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (46th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #1,086 of 1,933 (top 56%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | TOHO |
| Runtime | 1h 19m |
| Release Date | October 1, 1960 |
| IMDb | tt0053578 |