 Ozu was also an innovator in Japanese narrative structure through his use of ellipses, or the decision not to depict major events in the story.In "An Autumn Afternoon" (1962), for example, a wedding is merely mentioned in one scene, and the next sequence references this wedding (which has already occurred); the wedding itself is never shown.This is typical of Ozu's films, which eschew melodrama by eliding moments that would often be used in Hollywood in attempts to stir an excessive emotional reaction from audiences.