Early Summer (1951)
Starring Setsuko Hara, Chishū Ryū, Chikage Awashima
Directed by Yasujirō Ozu
Noriko lives in postwar Tokyo with her extended family. Although she enjoys her career and her friends, her more traditionally minded family worries about the fact that she's still single at the advanced age of 28. When 40-year-old business associate Takako proposes marriage, 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.
Runtime: 135 min.
Rating: 8.0
DVD
Languages: English,Japanese
Countries: Japan
Genres: Drama
Keywords: marriage proposal,independent film,post world war ii
Cast
Noriko Mamiya
Koichi Mamiya
Aya Tamura
Fumiko Mamiya
Shukichi Mamiya
Shige Mamiya
Tami Yabe
Takako
Kenkichi Yabe
Sotaro Satake
Nobu Tamura (as Toyoko Takahashi)
Nishiwaki