Late Spring
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Late Spring | |
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Directed by | Yasujiro Ozu |
Produced by | Shochiku Films Ltd. |
Written by | Kazuo Hirotsu Kôgo Noda Yasujiro Ozu |
Starring | Chishu Ryu Setsuko Hara Yumeji Tsukioka Haruko Sugimura |
Music by | Senji Itô |
Cinematography | Yuuharu Atsuta |
Distributed by | New Yorker Films |
Release date(s) | September 13 1949 (Japanese release) July 21, 1972 (U.S. release) |
Running time | 108 min. |
Language | Japanese |
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Late Spring (Japanese: 晩春, Banshun) is a 1949 Japanese film by Yasujiro Ozu. Many consider it his finest achievement.
The story concerns Noriko, who lives happily with her widowed father and seems in no hurry to get married. Her father, however, wants to see her settled and conspires with his sister to trick Noriko into pursuing an arranged marriage. The film stars Setsuko Hara.