Late Spring

Late Spring

Infobox Film
name = Late Spring


image_size =
caption = Original Japanese movie poster
director = Yasujirō Ozu
producer = Shochiku Films Ltd.
writer = Kazuo Hirotsu
Kôgo Noda
Yasujiro Ozu
narrator =
starring = Chishu Ryu
Setsuko Hara
Haruko Sugimura
music = Senji Itô
cinematography = Yuuharu Atsuta
editing =
distributor = Shochiku Films Ltd. New Yorker Films
released = September 13 1949 (Japanese release)
July 21, 1972 (U.S. release)
runtime = 108 min.
country = Japan
language = Japanese
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
website =
amg_id = 1:28452
imdb_id = 0041154

nihongo|"Late Spring"|晩春|Banshun is a 1949 Japanese film by Yasujirō Ozu. Many consider this extremely chaste film between a father and his marriageable daughter his finest achievement.It is based on "Father and Daughter" by Kazuo Hirotsu

The story concerns Noriko, who lives happily with her widowed father and seems in no hurry to get married. Her father, a professor, however, wants to see her settled and conspires with his sister to trick Noriko into pursuing an arranged marriage. The film stars Setsuko Hara, in her first of many collaborations with Ozu.

Cast

Chishu Ryu ... Shukichi Somiya
Setsuko Hara ... Noriko Somiya
Yumeji Tsukioka ... Aya Kitagawa
Haruko Sugimura ... Masa Taguchi
Hohi Aoki ... Katsuyoshi
Jun Usami ... Shuichi Hattori

DVD Release

In 2006, The Criterion Collection released a two-disc set with a restored high-definition digital transfer and new subtitle translations. It also includes "Tokyo-Ga", Wim Wenders’ Ozu tribute, audio commentary by Richard Peña, and essays by Michael Atkinson and Donald Richie.

External links

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* [http://www.criterion.com/asp/release.asp?id=331&eid=473&section=essay Criterion Collection essay by Michael Atkinson]
*imdb title|id=0041154|title=Late Spring
* [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/late_spring/ Rotten Tomatoes Reviews]


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