Early Summer

Early Summer

1951
2h 5m
7.8

7.8/10

206 votes • View on IMDb
Drama
Overview

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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Language: JA

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Production Information

Production Companies
Shochiku Shochiku Ofuna Film Studio
Production Countries
Japan
Spoken Languages
English Japanese

Keywords

marriage proposal family relationships matchmaking tokyo, japan post world war ii post war japan family issues unmarried woman

Quick Facts

Original Title 麦秋
Release Date October 3, 1951
Status Released
Language JA
IMDb ID tt0043313

Cast

Setsuko Hara
Setsuko Hara

Noriko Mamiya

Chishū Ryū
Chishū Ryū

Koichi Mamiya

Chikage Awashima
Chikage Awashima

Aya Tamura

Kuniko Miyake
Kuniko Miyake

Fumiko Mamiya

Ichirō Sugai
Ichirō Sugai

Shukichi Mamiya

Chieko Higashiyama
Chieko Higashiyama

Shige Mamiya

Haruko Sugimura
Haruko Sugimura

Tami Yabe

Kuniko Igawa
Kuniko Igawa

Takako

Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi

Kenkichi Yabe

Shūji Sano
Shūji Sano

Sotaro Satake

Toyo Takahashi
Toyo Takahashi

Nobu Tamura

Seiji Miyaguchi
Seiji Miyaguchi

Nishiwaki

Key Crew

Yasujirō Ozu
Director
Takeshi Yamamoto
Producer
Yasujirō Ozu
Screenplay
Kōgo Noda
Screenplay