Early Summer (1972)

  • NR
  • 08/02/1972 (US)
  • Drama
  • 2h 5m

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.

Yasujirō Ozu

Director, Screenplay

Kōgo Noda

Screenplay

Cast

Setsuko Hara's headshot

Setsuko Hara

Noriko Mamiya
Chishū Ryū's headshot

Chishū Ryū

Koichi Mamiya
Chikage Awashima's headshot

Chikage Awashima

Aya Tamura
Kuniko Miyake's headshot

Kuniko Miyake

Fumiko Mamiya
Ichirō Sugai's headshot

Ichirō Sugai

Shukichi Mamiya
Chieko Higashiyama's headshot

Chieko Higashiyama

Shige Mamiya
Haruko Sugimura's headshot

Haruko Sugimura

Tami Yabe
Kuniko Igawa's headshot

Kuniko Igawa

Takako

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