Early Summer (1951)

1951 · Feature film · 125 min · dir. Yasujirō Ozu

• Drama

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Synopsis

In postwar Tokyo, Noriko lives with her extended family. Although she enjoys her career and her social life, her more traditional family worries about her single marital status at the advanced age of 28. 40-year-old business associate Takako proposes, Noriko's family press her into accepting, but when her widowed childhood friend Kenkichi returns to the neighborhood, she finds her heart leading in another direction.

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Details

Director

Yasujirō Ozu

Writer

Yasujirō Ozu

Composer

Senji Ito

Cinematography

Yûharu Atsuta

Studio

Shochiku, Shochiku Ofuna Film Studio

Released

1951-10-03

Original title

麦秋

Awards

7 wins

Running time

125 minutes

Cast & crew

• Yasujirō Ozu Director
• Ichirō Sugai
• Chieko Higashiyama
• Chishū Ryū
• Seiji Miyaguchi
• Haruko Sugimura
• Kuniko Miyake
• Chikage Awashima
• Setsuko Hara

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