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- 1972
- Not Rated
- New Yorker Films
- 1 h 48 m
- 1972
- Not Rated
- New Yorker Films
- 1 h 48 m
Summary Several people try to talk 27-year-old Noriko into marrying, but all she wants is to keep on caring for her widowed father.
Directed By: Yasujirô Ozu
Written By: Kazuo Hirotsu, Kôgo Noda, Yasujirô Ozu
- 1972
- Not Rated
- New Yorker Films
- 1 h 48 m
- 1972
- Not Rated
- New Yorker Films
- 1 h 48 m
Late Spring (1949)
8.2
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Summary Several people try to talk 27-year-old Noriko into marrying, but all she wants is to keep on caring for her widowed father.
Directed By: Yasujirô Ozu
Written By: Kazuo Hirotsu, Kôgo Noda, Yasujirô Ozu
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 18 Critic Reviews
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94% Positive
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 18 Critic Reviews
93
94% Positive
17 Reviews
17 Reviews
6% Mixed
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0% Negative
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To watch Ozu's films is to watch elegant simplicity, although they are meticulously complex. It's even a relaxing experience - you can almost feel your heart rate lowering - yet there is much human drama on the screen, and much wisdom.
One is left with an overwhelming sense of knowledge about these characters and of human nature, and finally, a recognition of the profound sadness of everyday life. LATE SPRING is truly transcendent.
You either get it or you don't. I get it. At least until I see some Ozus I've missed, Late Spring seems to me his greatest achievement, and, thus, one of the 10 best films of all time. [17 Aug 1972, p.57]
As in Tokyo Story, the climax is quietly devastating and piercing in its truthfulness. [27 Sep 2012, p.46]
Yasujiro Ozu’s 1949 film inaugurated his majestic late period: it’s here that he decisively renounces melodrama (and, indeed, most surface action of any kind) and lets his camera settle into the still, long-take contemplation of his gently drawn characters.
We observe family dynamics that could take place in any home, at any time; as Noriko and Shukichi tentatively negotiate the future of their family, they’re enacting a story that’s both distinct to post-war Japan and straight from the pages of Jane Austen.
Not as affecting as Ozu's classic Tokyo Story, Late Spring still charms with it's similar theme of development of the parental bond as the children mature and become more independent. Although well acted, the visual are equally arresting but when the themes are so similar a new approach is required to keep it interesting.
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Production Company
Shochiku
Release Date Jul 21, 1972
Duration 1 h 48 m
Rating Not Rated
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Awards
Mainichi Film Concours
• 4 Wins & 4 Nominations
Kinema Junpo Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
