Early Summer (1951)
Bakushû (original title)Reference View | Change View
- Not Rated
- 2h 5min
- Drama, Romance
- 02 Aug 1972 (USA)
- Movie
- 7 wins.
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Cast
Setsuko Hara | ... |
Noriko Mamiya
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Chishû Ryû | ... |
Koichi Mamiya
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Chikage Awashima | ... |
Aya Tamura
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Kuniko Miyake | ... |
Fumiko Mamiya
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Ichirô Sugai | ... |
Shukichi Mamiya
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Chieko Higashiyama | ... |
Shige Mamiya
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Haruko Sugimura | ... |
Tami Yabe
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Kuniko Igawa | ... |
Takako
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Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi | ... |
Kenkichi Yabe
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Shûji Sano | ... |
Sotaro Satake
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Toyo Takahashi | ... |
Nobu Tamura
(as Toyoko Takahashi)
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Seiji Miyaguchi | ... |
Nishiwaki
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Tomoka Hasebe |
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Kazuyo Itô | ... |
Mitsuko Yabe
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Kokuten Kôdô | ... |
Old Uncle
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Zen Murase | ... |
Minoru Mamiya
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Tomiko Nishiwaki | ... |
Tami Yamamoto
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Matsuko Shiga | ... |
Mari Takanashi
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Isao Shirosawa | ... |
Isamu Mamiya
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Yoshino Tani |
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Jun Tanizaki |
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Yoshiko Tashiro |
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Kayoko Terada |
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Eiko Yamada |
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Tami Yamamoto |
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Directed by
Yasujirô Ozu |
Written by
Kôgo Noda | ... | () |
Yasujirô Ozu | ... | () |
Produced by
Takeshi Yamamoto | ... | producer |
Music by
Senji Itô |
Cinematography by
Yûharu Atsuta |
Editing by
Yoshiyasu Hamamura |
Art Direction by
Tatsuo Hamada |
Set Decoration by
Shôtarô Hashimoto |
Costume Design by
Taizô Saitô |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Kôzô Yamamoto | ... | assistant director |
Shôhei Imamura | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Art Department
Kintarô Yamamoto | ... | set designer |
Sound Department
Yoshiomi Hori | ... | sound recordist |
Yoshisaburô Senoo | ... | sound |
Hayao Usami | ... | sound effects editor |
Camera and Electrical Department
Takashi Kawamata | ... | camera operator |
Itsuo Takashita | ... | lighting technician |
Takeshi Yakuwa | ... | lighting technician |
Script and Continuity Department
Tomiji Shimizu | ... | script supervisor |
Additional Crew
Don Brown | ... | english subtitle translation |
Ryûji Hayashi | ... | film development |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Shochiku (1951) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Shochiku Home Video (2003) (Japan) (DVD)
- Alive (1994) (France) (theatrical)
- Carlotta Films (2018) (France) (theatrical) (re-release) (restored version)
- Flash Forward Entertainment (2016) (Taiwan) (theatrical)
- New Yorker Films (1972) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Penteo Films S.L. (2024) (Spain) (theatrical) (subtitled version)
- A Contracorriente Films (2014) (Spain) (DVD) (subtitled version)
- A Contracorriente Films (2023) (Spain)
- BFI Video (2010) (United Kingdom) (DVD)
- Filmax Home Video (2007) (Spain) (DVD) (subtitled version)
- Koch Media (2014) (Germany) (DVD) (Ozu Edition)
- Madman Entertainment (2006) (Australia)
- Madman Entertainment (2006) (New Zealand)
- NHK Sôgô (1979) (Japan) (tv)
- NHK-BS2 (1989) (Japan) (tv)
- Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) (1975) (United States) (tv) (original airing)
- Sony Video (1988) (United States) (VHS)
- The Criterion Channel (2023) (United States) (tv) (streaming)
- The Criterion Collection (2004) (United States) (DVD)
- trigon-film (2021) (Switzerland) (restored version)
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Storyline
Plot Summary |
In postwar Tokyo, this household is loving and serene: older parents, their 28-year-old daughter Noriko, their married son, his devoted wife, and two rascally sons. Their only discontent is Noriko's lack of a husband. Society is changing: she works, she has women friends who tease and argue, her brother sees her independence as impudence, she sees it as normal. When her boss suggests that she marry a 40-year-old bachelor who is his friend, all the members of her family press her to accept. Without seeking their advice, and to their chagrin, Noriko determines her own course of action.
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Did You Know?
Trivia | The scene in which Noriko walks with her sister-in-law, Fumiko, to the beach at Kamakura contains the only crane shot in all the extant films of director Yasujirô Ozu. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in Transcendental Style and Flatulence (2017). See more » |
Quotes |
Aya Tamura:
Husbands are all like that. That's why we don't marry. Noriko Mamiya: That's right, isn't it? Takako: You don't know anything about married life. Aya Tamura: Married life? Takako: Only married people understand. Aya Tamura: Once you're married, it's too late to understand. See more » |