Early Summer Movie Review 1951

A classic from renowned Japanese director Ozu, this film chronicles family tensions in post-WWII Japan caused by newly independent women rebelling against the social conventions they are expected to fulfill. Perhaps the best example of this director's work. Winner of Japan's Film of the Year Award. In Japanese with English subtitles.

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Available on VHS
Running time 150 minutes.
Originally from Japanese.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Women, Postwar, Family Ties

Cast

Ichiro Sugai, Chishu Ryu, Setsuko Hara, Chikage Awashima, Chieko Higashiyama, Haruko Sugimura, Kuniko Miyake, Kan Nihon-yanagi, Shuji Sano, Toyoko Takahashi, Seiji Miyaguchi

Director

Yasujiro Ozu

Producer

Yasujiro Ozu