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Late Spring

Original title: Banshun
  • 1949
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 50m
IMDb RATING
8.2/10
20K
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Setsuko Hara and Chishû Ryû in Late Spring (1949)
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ComedyDrama

Several people try to talk 27-year-old Noriko into marrying, but all she wants is to keep on caring for her widowed father.Several people try to talk 27-year-old Noriko into marrying, but all she wants is to keep on caring for her widowed father.Several people try to talk 27-year-old Noriko into marrying, but all she wants is to keep on caring for her widowed father.

  • Director
    • Yasujirô Ozu
  • Writers
    • Kazuo Hirotsu
    • Kôgo Noda
    • Yasujirô Ozu
  • Stars
    • Chishû Ryû
    • Setsuko Hara
    • Yumeji Tsukioka
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    • IMDb RATING
    8.2/10
    20K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Yasujirô Ozu
    • Writers
      • Kazuo Hirotsu
      • Kôgo Noda
      • Yasujirô Ozu
    • Stars
      • Chishû Ryû
      • Setsuko Hara
      • Yumeji Tsukioka
    • 101User reviews
    • 66Critic reviews
    • 93Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 5 wins

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    Chishû Ryû
    Chishû Ryû
    • Shukichi Somiya
    Setsuko Hara
    Setsuko Hara
    • Noriko Somiya
    Yumeji Tsukioka
    • Aya Kitagawa
    Haruko Sugimura
    Haruko Sugimura
    • Masa Taguchi
    Hôhi Aoki
    • Katsuyoshi
    Jun Usami
    Jun Usami
    • Shôichi Hattori
    Kuniko Miyake
    Kuniko Miyake
    • Akiko Miwa
    Masao Mishima
    Masao Mishima
    • Jo Onodera
    Yoshiko Tsubouchi
    Yoshiko Tsubouchi
    • Kiku
    Yôko Katsuragi
    Yôko Katsuragi
    • Misako
    Toyo Takahashi
    Toyo Takahashi
    • Shige
    • (as Toyoko Takahashi)
    Jun Tanizaki
    • Seizô Hayashi
    Ichirô Shimizu
    • Takigawa's master
    Yôko Benisawa
    • Teahouse Proprietress
    Manzaburo Umewaka
    • Shite
    Nobu Nojima
    • Waki
    Ichiro Kitamura
    • Little drum
    Haruo Yasufuku
    • Big drum
    • Director
      • Yasujirô Ozu
    • Writers
      • Kazuo Hirotsu
      • Kôgo Noda
      • Yasujirô Ozu
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    • Trivia
      Most of the movie takes place in Kita-Kamakura, about 30 miles from downtown Tokyo. Several years after the release of the film, the director, 'Yasujiro Ozu', moved with his mother to the area and spent the rest of his life there. (His tomb is also located there.) Furthermore, the film's star, Setsuko Hara, also eventually moved to the area and, as of May 2013, reportedly still lived there under her birth name, Masae Aida.
    • Goofs
      A camera/dolly shadow is visible on the sidewalk as it follows Noriko walking.
    • Quotes

      Shukichi Somiya: Marriage may not mean happiness from the start. To expect such immediate happiness is a mistake. Happiness isn't something you wait around for. It's something you create yourself. Getting married isn't happiness. Happiness lies in the forging of a new life shared together. It may take a year or two, maybe even five or ten. Happiness comes only through effort. Only then can you claim to be man and wife.

    • Connections
      Featured in Shôchiku eiga sanjû-nen: Omoide no album (1950)

    User reviews101

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    Marriage = bad Robin Wood = clever

    The revelation of Noriko's wedding dress is perhaps the most powerfully painful moment of cinema I've ever experienced. The contrast between her freedom before her wedding, the moving camera (very foreign to Ozu) her range of emotion, her geographical and social freedom, and the deeply disturbing oppression that her wedding signals is very affecting. It is gutting. And so devastating that she accepts her oppression. Powerful, if needing commitment and patience. Especially the six minutes of the impenetrable Noh play.
    • matt_crowder
    • Jun 17, 2002
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    • Release date
      • July 21, 1972 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Official site
      • Shochiku (Japan)
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Kasno proljece
    • Filming locations
      • Kita-Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan
    • Production company
      • Shochiku
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $13,254
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $6,456
      • Mar 6, 2016
    • Gross worldwide
      • $19,681
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 50 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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