Early Summer
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| Shochiku | Release Date: August 2, 1972 |
Starring:
Chieko Higashiyama, Chikage Awashima, Chishû Ryû, Haruko Sugimura, Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi, Ichirô Sugai, Kuniko Igawa, Kuniko Miyake, Setsuko Hara, Shûji Sano
Summary:
A family chooses a match for their daughter Noriko, but she, surprisingly, has her own plans.
Once again, Ozu's script, co-written with constant colleague Kogo Noda, is a marvel of organic detail and deceptive naturalism. Ozu's late style -- the serene, easy flow, the smooth succession of floor-level interior shots, the quietly restrained acting, the mastery of intimate psychology and the subtle portrayal of Japanese society in transition -- are all in place. [24 Mar 1989, p.23]
Regarded in Japan as one of Ozu's masterworks, Early Summer is another tale of a dutiful daughter, Noriko (again played by Setsuko Hara), the machinations around her marriage and the quiet havoc it wreaks in her family. [17 Apr 2009, p.C4]
Ozu never moves his camera but invariably moves us. [05 Dec 2004, p.13]
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