Early Summer (1951)
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.
Director:
Yasujirō Ozu
Writers:
Yasujirō Ozu, Kōgo Noda.
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Setsuko Hara as Noriko Mamiya |
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Chishū Ryū as Koichi Mamiya |
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Chikage Awashima as Aya Tamura |
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Kuniko Miyake as Fumiko Mamiya |
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Ichirō Sugai as Shukichi Mamiya |
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Chieko Higashiyama as Shige Mamiya |
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Haruko Sugimura as Tami Yabe |
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Kuniko Igawa as Takako |
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Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi as Kenkichi Yabe |
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Shūji Sano as Sotaro Satake |
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Toyo Takahashi as Nobu Tamura |
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Seiji Miyaguchi as Nishiwaki |
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Kokuten Kōdō as Old Uncle |
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Matsuko Shiga as Mari Takanashi |
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Tomoka Hasebe as Hospital Assistant |
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Zen Murase as Minoru Mamiya |
| Directing | Yasujirō Ozu | Director |
| Sound | Senji Ito | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Yoshiyasu Hamamura | Editor |
| Production | Takeshi Yamamoto | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Taizô Saitô | Costume Design |
| Art | Kintarô Yamamoto | Set Designer |
| Art | Tatsuo Hamada | Art Direction |
| Directing | Shōhei Imamura | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Yûharu Atsuta | Director of Photography |
| Art | Shôtarô Hashimoto | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Kôzô Yamamoto | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Yoshisaburo Seno | Sound Recordist |
| Lighting | Itsuo Takashita | Lighting Technician |
| Writing | Yasujirō Ozu | Screenplay |
| Writing | Kōgo Noda | Screenplay |
