Early Summer (1951)
Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews
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.
- Released: 1951-10-03
- Genres: Drama
- Runtime: 2h 5m
- Status: Released
- TMDB rating: 7.8/10 from 214 votes
Directed by Yasujirō Ozu.
Top cast
- Setsuko Hara as Noriko Mamiya
- Chishū Ryū as Koichi Mamiya
- Chikage Awashima as Aya Tamura
- Kuniko Miyake as Fumiko Mamiya
- Ichirō Sugai as Shukichi Mamiya
- Chieko Higashiyama as Shige Mamiya
- Haruko Sugimura as Tami Yabe
- Kuniko Igawa as Takako
- Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi as Kenkichi Yabe
- Shūji Sano as Sotaro Satake
Where to watch Early Summer
- United States: stream on HBO Max Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel; rent on Apple TV Store; buy on Apple TV Store
- United Kingdom: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
- Canada: stream on Criterion Channel
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