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Early Summer

Noriko lives with her extended family in postwar Tokyo and enjoys her career and social life, yet her traditional relatives worry about her being single at 28. A 40-year-old business associate named Takako proposes, and her family presses her to accept. Meanwhile, her widowed childhood friend Kenkichi returns to the neighborhood, and Noriko finds her heart leading her in a different direction.

Original title
麦秋
Genre
Drama
Director
Yasujirō Ozu
Cast
Setsuko Hara, Chishū Ryū, Chikage Awashima, Kuniko Miyake, Ichirō Sugai, Chieko Higashiyama, Haruko Sugimura, Kuniko Igawa, Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi, Shūji Sano, Toyo Takahashi, Seiji Miyaguchi, Kokuten Kōdō, Matsuko Shiga, Tomoka Hasebe, Zen Murase
Country
Japan
Studios
Shochiku, Shochiku Ofuna Film Studio
Language
ja
Year
1951
Duration
125
Release date
1951-10-03
TMDB
7.867 · 222 votes
Status
Released

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