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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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