Early Summer (1951)

JapaneseFilm1951125 minDrama★ 7.9/10

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.

Directed by

Yasujirō Ozu

Starring

Setsuko Hara, Chishū Ryū, Chikage Awashima

Music

Senji Ito

Released

1951-10-03

Original title

麦秋

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