Early Summer
In postwar Tokyo, Noriko lives with her extended family. Although she enjoys her career and her social life, her more traditional family worries about her single marital status at the advanced age of 28. 40-year-old business associate Takako proposes, Noriko's family press her into accepting, but when her widowed childhood friend Kenkichi returns to the neighborhood, she finds her heart leading in another direction.
At a glance
Countries
Japan
Ratings
TMDB users
7.8/10
206 votes
Rating consensus
78/100 blend
Sources: TMDB
Warm reception overall — weighted ~78/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.
Cast
Setsuko Hara
Noriko Mamiya
Chishū Ryū
Koichi Mamiya
Chikage Awashima
Aya Tamura
Kuniko Miyake
Fumiko Mamiya
Ichirō Sugai
Shukichi Mamiya
Chieko Higashiyama
Shige Mamiya
Haruko Sugimura
Tami Yabe
Kuniko Igawa
Takako
Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
Kenkichi Yabe
Shūji Sano
Sotaro Satake
Toyo Takahashi
Nobu Tamura
Seiji Miyaguchi
Nishiwaki
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Early Summer (1951)
Yasujirō Ozu
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