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Early Summer

Film · 1951

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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The people who made it

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Behind the camera

  1. Yasujirō Ozudirector · writer
  2. Kōgo Nodawriter
  3. Yoshiyasu Hamamuraeditor
  4. Senji Itocomposer
  5. Yûharu Atsutacinematographer
  6. Takeshi Yamamotoproducer

On screen

  1. Chikage Awashimalead actor
  2. Setsuko Haralead actor
  3. Kuniko Miyakelead actor
  4. Chishū Ryūlead actor
  5. Shūji Sanosupporting actor
  6. Kuniko Igawasupporting actor
  7. Chieko Higashiyamasupporting actor
  8. Hiroshi Nihon'yanagisupporting actor
  9. Ichirō Sugaisupporting actor
  10. Toyo Takahashisupporting actor
  11. Haruko Sugimurasupporting actor
  12. Matsuko Shigaguest actor
  13. Zen Muraseguest actor
  14. Tomoka Hasebeguest actor
  15. Seiji Miyaguchiguest actor
  16. Kokuten Kōdōguest actor
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Across the whole team

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  1. Late Spring1949 · FilmExceptional· 11 shared
  2. Tokyo Story1953 · FilmExceptional· 13 shared
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From the people who made Early Summer

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  1. The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice1952 · FilmExceptional· 10 shared
  2. Tokyo Twilight1957 · FilmExceptional· 9 shared
  3. Good Morning1959 · FilmExceptional· 9 shared
  4. Early Spring1956 · FilmExceptional· 11 shared
  5. Late Autumn1960 · FilmExceptional· 9 shared
  6. An Autumn Afternoon1962 · FilmExceptional· 9 shared
  7. Equinox Flower1958 · FilmExceptional· 6 shared
  8. The End of Summer1961 · FilmExceptional· 5 shared
  9. Floating Weeds1959 · FilmExceptional· 5 shared
  10. The Only Son1936 · FilmExceptional· 3 shared
  11. I Was Born, But...1932 · FilmStrong· 2 shared
  12. Tokyo-Ga1985 · FilmStrong· 2 shared
  13. The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum1939 · FilmStrong· 1 shared
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Through the cast

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  1. The IdiotSetsuko HaraChieko Higashiyama1951 · FilmStrong· 3 shared
  2. No Regrets for Our YouthSetsuko HaraHaruko Sugimura1946 · FilmStrong· 3 shared
  3. The Human Condition I: No Greater LoveChikage Awashima1959 · FilmStrong· 2 shared
  4. Twenty-Four EyesChishū RyūKuniko Igawa1954 · FilmNotable· 3 shared
  5. Until the End of the WorldKuniko MiyakeChishū Ryū1991 · FilmNotable· 2 shared
  6. The Life of OharuIchirō Sugai1952 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  7. The Human Condition III: A Soldier's PrayerChishū RyūHiroshi Nihon'yanagi1961 · FilmFaint· 2 shared
  8. DreamsChishū Ryū1990 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  9. Sanshiro SugataIchirō SugaiKokuten Kōdō1943 · FilmFaint· 2 shared
  10. One Wonderful SundayIchirō Sugai1947 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  11. Gamera vs. BarugonIchirō Sugai1966 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  12. Red BeardChishū RyūHaruko Sugimura1965 · FilmFaint· 2 shared
  13. Chikamatsu MonogatariIchirō Sugai1954 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  14. Sansho the BailiffIchirō Sugai1954 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  15. Seven SamuraiSeiji Miyaguchi1954 · FilmFaint· 2 shared
  16. The Ballad of NarayamaSeiji Miyaguchi1958 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  17. The Bad Sleep WellChishū Ryū1960 · FilmFaint· 2 shared
  18. Stray DogIchirō SugaiKokuten Kōdō1949 · FilmFaint· 2 shared
  19. Making of 'Dreams'Chishū Ryū1990 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  20. KwaidanHaruko SugimuraSeiji Miyaguchi1965 · FilmFaint· 2 shared
  21. Mishima: A Life in Four ChaptersChishū Ryū1985 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  22. Throne of BloodKokuten KōdōSeiji Miyaguchi1957 · FilmFaint· 2 shared

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