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Early Summer

7.919512h 5mNRMovieDrama

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…

DirectorYasujirō Ozu
WritersKōgo Noda·Yasujirō Ozu
ProducerTakeshi Yamamoto

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Cast · Directed by Yasujirō Ozu

SHSetsuko Hara
Setsuko Hara
Noriko Mamiya
CRChishū Ryū
Chishū Ryū
Koichi Mamiya
CAChikage Awashima
Chikage Awashima
Aya Tamura
KMKuniko Miyake
Kuniko Miyake
Fumiko Mamiya
ISIchirō Sugai
Ichirō Sugai
Shukichi Mamiya
CHChieko Higashiyama
Chieko Higashiyama
Shige Mamiya
HSHaruko Sugimura
Haruko Sugimura
Tami Yabe
KIKuniko Igawa
Kuniko Igawa
Takako
HNHiroshi Nihon'yanagi
Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
Kenkichi Yabe
SSShūji Sano
Shūji Sano
Sotaro Satake
TTToyo Takahashi
Toyo Takahashi
Nobu Tamura
SMSeiji Miyaguchi
Seiji Miyaguchi
Nishiwaki

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