Early Summer
Summary:
Writer/director Yasujiro Ozu combines two of his favorite themes--the culture clashes in modern Japan and the emergence of the independent Japanese woman--in Early Summer (Bakushu). Setsuko Hara plays a young woman of the post-war era who is promised in an arranged marriage. But too much has happened in the world and in the girl's own life to allow her to agree to this union ... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Setsuko Hara - (Noriko)
Chishu Ryu - (Koichi)
Chikage Awashima - (Aya Tamura)
Kuniko Miyake - (Fumiko)
Ichiro Sugai - (Shukichi)
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Review:
Dramatizing Yasujiro Ozu's post-war concerns with modernity, tradition, and the freedom of women, Early Summer (1951) explores the effects of an adult daughter's ambivalence about marriage. Through serious and humorous details of conversation, gesture, and ritual that establish the Mamiya family's daily life in a Tokyo suburb, Ozu reveals ... Continue >>
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