Early Summer

1951 · directed by Yasujirō Ozu

Rating

87/100

Hit

yes

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.

Early Summer (1951), directed by Yasujirō Ozu, rates 87/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Setsuko Hara
• Chishū Ryū
• Chikage Awashima
• Kuniko Miyake
• Ichirō Sugai
• Chieko Higashiyama
• Haruko Sugimura
• Kuniko Igawa
• Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
• Shūji Sano

Crew

• Yûharu Atsuta — Director of Photography
• Yoshiyasu Hamamura — Editor
• Senji Ito — Original Music Composer
• Kōgo Noda — Screenplay
• Yasujirō Ozu — Screenplay

More from Yasujirō Ozu

1. Tokyo Story (1953) — 100/100 · hit
2. Late Spring (1949) — 99/100 · hit
3. Late Autumn (1960) — 87/100 · hit
4. Floating Weeds (1959) — 85/100 · hit
5. An Autumn Afternoon (1962) — 85/100 · hit
6. Tokyo Twilight (1957) — 85/100 · hit

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