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Early Summer (Japanese Bakushū 麦秋) is a 1951 film by Yasujiro Ozu. Noriko lives contentedly in an extended family household that includes her parents and her brother's family, but an uncle's visit prompts the family to find her a husband. Like most Ozu films, Early Summer deals with many issues ranging from communication problems between generations and the rising role of women in post-war Japan. The youngest generation is shown as spoiled brats, the middle generation is shown as one that either embraces or rejects change, and the oldest generation is shown as one that regrets change but realizes that it must happen. Stars Setsuko Hara.
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