Late Spring (1949) (Banshun)

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8.2	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Yasujiro Ozu

Starring (View all)

Chishu Ryu
Shukichi Somiya

Setsuko Hara
Noriko Somiya

Yumeji Tsukioka
Aya Kitagawa

Haruko Sugimura
Masa Taguchi

Hohi Aoki
Katsuyoshi

Jun Usami
Shôichi Hattori

Kuniko Miyake
Akiko Miwa

Masao Mishima
Jo Onodera

Written by

Kôgo Noda
(screenplay) and

Yasujiro Ozu
(screenplay)

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10 years, 11 months ago at Feb 2 21:16

mazardeus

One of the most amazing films on romance. This movie challenges the issues behind arranged marriage in Japan.

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2 years, 10 months ago at Mar 18 17:20

Kyle Ellis

'Late Spring' is one of three films that make up the Noriko Trilogy. The others being Yasujiro Ozu's masterpiece 'Tokyo Story' and 'Early Summer', this film being the first of the three and 'Tokyo Story' being the last. Eventually getting through enough of Ozu's work to give him an even higher appraisal than when being blown away by 'Tokyo Story' and 'An Autumn Afternoon' some years ago, it is my ... read more

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Noriko is 27 years old and still living with her widowed father. Everybody tries to talk her into marrying, but Noriko wants to stay taking care of her father.

Release date: 21 July 1972

Tags: Japan (12), 1940s (11), Drama (9), Japanese (6), 1949 (5), Marriage (5), Sacrifice (4), Bw (4), Asian (4), Family (4), Father (3), Slice Of Life (3), Widower (3), Fidelity (3), Black & White (3), Daughter (2), 40's (2), Retro Asian (2), East Asia (2), Language Japanese (2)

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