The End of Summer 1962

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Manbei Kohayagawa (Nakamura Ganjirō II), the stalwart patriarch of a small sake brewery nestled outside Kyoto, presides over a complex web of family relationships. His daughter-in-law, Akiko (Setsuko Hara), and younger daughter, Noriko (Yoko Tsukasa), reside in Osaka, where they navigate their own paths: Akiko tends to her duties at an art gallery and cares for her son, Minoru, while Noriko toils away as an office worker, harboring a secret crush on Teramoto. Meanwhile, Manbei’s other daughter, Fumiko (Michiyo Aratama), lives with him, her husband Hisao lending a hand at the brewery alongside their young son Masao.

As Manbei seeks to secure Akiko’s future, he asks his brother-in-law Kitagawa (Daisuke Katō) to facilitate a marriage proposal. Kitagawa sets Akiko up with Isomura Ei’ichiro (Hisaya Morishige), a widower, at a local bar, but Akiko’s hesitation is palpable. Noriko’s own matchmaking prospects are also on the table, as Manbei asks Kitagawa to arrange a meeting between her and Teramoto - though she dare not express her true feelings due to his impending departure for Sapporo.

In the midst of summer, Manbei steals away repeatedly to rendezvous with his former mistress, Tsune Sasaki (Chieko Naniwa), stirring up whispers about Yuriko, her westernized daughter who may or may not share a biological connection to him. Fumiko’s discovery of her father’s clandestine meetings with Tsune sparks confrontation and denial from Manbei.

As the Kohayagawa family gathers for a memorial service at Arashiyama to honor their late mother, Manbei’s simmering tensions with Fumiko come to a head, culminating in a heart attack. Miraculously, he awakens the next day revitalized. Akiko probes Noriko about a recent matchmaking session, and while Noriko confesses to having enjoyed herself, she reveals her lingering longings for Teramoto.

In a final, furtive journey between Osaka and Kyoto with Tsune, Manbei suffers another heart attack, ultimately succumbing to his mortality. It is left to Tsune to inform the Kohayagawa family of their patriarch’s passing. As they prepare to bid farewell to Manbei, the fate of the struggling brewery hangs in the balance: its merger with a rival business looms large on the horizon, while Noriko resolves to seek out Teramoto in Sapporo. The Kohayagawa family reunites to reminisce about their patriarch’s life as his ashes are interred.