Early Summer (1951)

Original title

麦秋

Directed by

Yasujirō Ozu

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 05m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.9 of 10 from 206 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman in her late twenties lives happily with her parents and her brother's family in post-war Japan. Her uncle's visit sets off family efforts to arrange a marriage for her.

gentlecontemplativefamilialmelancholicquietbittersweetwarmslow-paced

What happens

Early Summer (麥秋, Bakushū; lit. "Barley Harvest Time") is a 1951 Japanese drama film directed and co-written by Yasujirō Ozu, and starring Setsuko Hara, Shūji Sano, Chikage Awashima, Chishū Ryū, Kuniko Miyake and Haruko Sugimura. Like most of Ozu's post-war films, Early Summer deals with issues ranging from communication problems between generations to the rising role of women in post-war Japan. The plot concerns Noriko (Hara), a woman who lives contentedly in an extended family household that includes her parents and her brother's family, but an uncle's visit prompts the family to find her a husband. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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