Early Summer
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Early Summer

(1951)Directed by Yasujirō Ozu125 minDrama

Noriko Mamiya (Setsuko Hara), 28, likes her job and her friends in postwar Tokyo, and she would be happy to leave things as they are. Her family in the Mamiya house, including her brother Koichi (Chishū Ryū), keeps raising the question of marriage, and a 40-year-old business associate named Takako is put forward. Ozu watches the household talk it over, and Noriko sits with the pressure while her childhood friend Kenkichi, now widowed, comes back to the neighborhood.

Setsuko Haraas Noriko Mamiya
Chishū Ryūas Koichi Mamiya
Chikage Awashimaas Aya Tamura
Kuniko Miyakeas Fumiko Mamiya
Ichirō Sugaias Shukichi Mamiya
Chieko Higashiyamaas Shige Mamiya
Haruko Sugimuraas Tami Yabe
Kuniko Igawaas Takako
Hiroshi Nihon'yanagias Kenkichi Yabe
Shūji Sanoas Sotaro Satake
Toyo Takahashias Nobu Tamura
Seiji Miyaguchias Nishiwaki
Kokuten Kōdōas Old Uncle
MSMatsuko Shigaas Mari Takanashi
Tomoka Hasebeas Hospital Assistant
Zen Muraseas Minoru Mamiya