Early Summer

Early Summer (麦秋, Bakushū) is a 1951 film by Yasujirō Ozu. Like most of Ozu's post-war films, Early Summer deals with many issues ranging from communication problems between generations and the rising role of women in post-war Japan. Noriko 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. Noriko (Setsuko Hara), a secretary in Tokyo,... More

Initial release date:

  • Oct 3, 1951

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 2 h 15 min

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Also known as:

  • Bakushu,
  • Bakushû,
  • Weizenherbst,
  • Früher Sommer

Film

Directed by

Yasujiro Ozu

Yasujirō Ozu (小津 安二郎, Ozu Yasujirō, 12 December 1903 – 12 December 1963) was a Japanese film director and script writer. He began his career during the era of silent films, which extended well into the 1930s in Japan. Marriage and family, especially the relationships between the generations, are...

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Runtime:

  • 2 h 15 min
  • 2 h 5 min
  • 2 h 4 min
  • 2 h 16 min
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