

Early Summer
麦秋
19512ч 5минNR
(206)
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
Details
Basic Info
StatusReleased
Release DateOctober 3, 1951
Age RatingNR
Original Languageja
Statistics
Vote Count206
Popularity2
Languages
EnglishJapanese
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
Shochiku
Shochiku Ofuna Film Studio
Crew
Writers
Kōgo Noda
Yasujirō Ozu
Producers
Takeshi Yamamoto
Composer
Senji Ito
Cinematography
Yûharu Atsuta
Editor
Yoshiyasu Hamamura
Keywords
marriage proposalfamily relationshipsmatchmakingtokyo, japanpost world war iipost war japanfamily issuesunmarried woman
Cast

Setsuko Hara
Noriko Mamiya

Chishū Ryū
Koichi Mamiya

Chikage Awashima
Aya Tamura

Kuniko Miyake
Fumiko Mamiya

Ichirō Sugai
Shukichi Mamiya

Chieko Higashiyama
Shige Mamiya

Haruko Sugimura
Tami Yabe

Kuniko Igawa
Takako

Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
Kenkichi Yabe

Shūji Sano
Sotaro Satake

Toyo Takahashi
Nobu Tamura

Seiji Miyaguchi
Nishiwaki









