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Late Spring is a Japanese drama film directed by Yasujirō Ozu and written by Kōgo Noda, Yasujirō Ozu, and Kazuo Hirotsu. Produced by Shochiku, the black-and-white movie features cast members Chishū Ryū, Setsuko Hara, Haruko Sugimura, and Yumeji Tsukioka. The narrative is set in Kyoto and explores themes such as father-daughter relationships and arranged marriage within a post-World War II context.
The film was released on September 13, 1949, and is part of the Noriko Trilogy. It has a runtime of 108 or 110 minutes and is available via video on demand through distributors including Shochiku, Netflix, HBO Max, Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, Fandor, and Philo. Critical assessments include a Bechdel test evaluation and review scores of 9/10, 93/100, 100%, and 8.2/10.
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8.0Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marry -- that is, until her aunt Masa convinces Shukichi that unless he marries off his 27-year-old daughter soon, she will likely remain alone for the rest of her life. When Noriko resists Masa's matchmaking, Shukichi is forced to deceive his daughter and sacrifice his own happiness to do what he believes is right.
Cast
- Chishū Ryū as Shukichi Somiya
- Setsuko Hara as Noriko Somiya
- Yumeji Tsukioka as Aya Kitagawa
- Haruko Sugimura as Masa Taguchi
- Hōhi Aoki as Katsuyoshi
- Jun Usami as Shuichi Hattori
Themes
- arranged marriage
- black and white
- post world war ii
- father daughter relationship
- serene
- shōwa era (1926-89)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Original language
- Japanese
- Director
- Yasujirō Ozu
- Screenwriter
- Kazuo Hirotsu
- Cast member
- Kuniko Miyake
- Production company
- Shochiku
- Narrative location
- Kyoto
- Duration
- 108
- FilmAffinity ID
- 234093
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Banshu 01.jpg
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- Commons category
- Late Spring
- publication date
- 1972-07-21
- title
- 晩春
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 8.2/10
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