Early Summer (1951)

★ 7.9 2h 5m 217 votes IMDb
Drama
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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.

Early Summer

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Cast

Setsuko Hara
Setsuko Hara as Noriko Mamiya Died 2015 · Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Setsuko Hara (June 17, 1920 – September 5, 2015) was a Japanese actress who appeared in six of Yasujirō Ozu's films, most notably as Noriko in the "Noriko Trilo...
Chishū Ryū
Chishū Ryū as Koichi Mamiya Died 1993 · Tachibana, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan Chishu Ryu (May 13, 1904 in Kumamoto, Japan – March 16, 1993 in Yokohama, Japan) was a famous Japanese film actor, a favourite of the director Yasujiro Ozu. From 1928 to 1992 he appeared in at least 1...
Chikage Awashima
Chikage Awashima as Aya Tamura Died 2012 · Tokyo, Japan Chikage Awashima (淡島 千景, Awashima Chikage, born Keiko Nakagawa, 24 February 1924 – 16 February 2012) was a Japanese film and stage actress. Her stage name drew inspiration from Japanese poetry, and he...
Kuniko Miyake
Kuniko Miyake as Fumiko Mamiya Died 1992 · Saitama, Japon Kuniko Miyake (三宅邦子, September 17, 1916 – November 4, 1992) was a legendary Japanese actress. She was a prominent member of director Yasujirō Ozu's recurring ensemble cast, frequently portraying compa...
Ichirō Sugai
Ichirō Sugai as Shukichi Mamiya Died 1973 · Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan
Chieko Higashiyama
Chieko Higashiyama as Shige Mamiya Died 1980 · Chiba, Japan Chieko Higashiyama (September 30, 1890 – May 8, 1980) was a Japanese actress. Graduating from the girls' school at Gakushuin, she married a businessman in 1909 and spent eight years in Moscow. In 192...
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

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