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Early Spring (1956)
- NR
- 01/29/1956 (JP)
- Drama, Romance
- 2h 25m
Overview
A young Tokyo salary man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he has an extramarital affair.
Yasujirō Ozu
Director, ScreenplayKōgo Noda
ScreenplayCast
![Chikage Awashima's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/p6CAnnLLVxk89Lsxz0oIaLpUuPR.jpg)
Chikage Awashima
Masako Sugiyama![Ryō Ikebe's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/uJSRL3OJ3sIAeZK4BOj0GaXUG9k.jpg)
Ryō Ikebe
Shôji SugiyamaTakako Fujino
Terumi Aoki![Daisuke Katō's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/7VATRGIU5NNhzdb6ZdJLKdqEvPW.jpg)
Daisuke Katō
Sakamoto![Keiko Kishi's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/2jSCjRGlI7N3WajaLoqJoia3qAV.jpg)
Keiko Kishi
Chiyo Kaneko![Kuniko Miyake's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/pdiArweSY1CPCA607PSOgTglqXN.jpg)
Kuniko Miyake
Yukiko Kawai![Chishū Ryū's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/md0GCQUr0ktyjigmnFhRRhIE1tK.jpg)
Chishū Ryū
Kiichi Onodera![Haruko Sugimura's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/g4ro32UO0Aob9QtLAVAXI9oOKZT.jpg)