Autumn Afternoon, An: The Criterion Collection

Chris... what do you think about this comment (from an Amazon review in 2000), concerning the shorter running time (20 minutes shorter) - "This film is so painfully beautiful, as Ozu's sad farewell (he died of cancer), that I found it hard to believe that New Yorker, who owns exclusive rights to so many of Ozu's films, found it necessary to cut it by almost twenty minutes. The Japanese-release version of An Autumn Afternoon is listed at 133 minutes. In Japan, the video, from Shochiku Video, sells for about $30. New Yorker retails for about twice the price, in a bowdlerized version. Save your money for future releases."

So apparently the Criterion version is incomplete.. ?

Just wondered if you knew any more about this.

-JOE- (Love Hendrix!)

The only running time I have found listed for the film is 113 minutes which is also the time listed at IMDB. All three DVDs listed by our friends at DVDBeaver - the Criterion, the Panorma (Region 3), and the Madman (Region 4) have running times of 113 minutes. Doing a quick check, I can't find any reference to a 133 minute print which doesn't mean there wasn't one at some point.