Early Summer

Part of Noriko Trilogy

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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.

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Creators

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Yasujirō Ozu

director

Kōgo Noda

writer

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Yasujirō Ozu

writer

Cast

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Setsuko Hara actor

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Chishū Ryū actor

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Chikage Awashima actor Kuniko Miyake actor Ichirō Sugai actor

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Chieko Higashiyama actor

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Haruko Sugimura actor

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Kuniko Igawa actor

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Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi actor

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Shuji Sano actor

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Toyo Takahashi actor Seiji Miyaguchi actor

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Kokuten Kōdō actor

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Matsuko Shiga actor

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Tomoka Hasebe actor

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Zen Murase actor