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- 1972
- Not Rated
- New Yorker Films
- 2 h 5 m
- 1972
- Not Rated
- New Yorker Films
- 2 h 5 m
Summary A family chooses a match for their daughter Noriko, but she, surprisingly, has her own plans.
Directed By: Yasujirô Ozu
Written By: Kôgo Noda, Yasujirô Ozu
- 1972
- Not Rated
- New Yorker Films
- 2 h 5 m
- 1972
- Not Rated
- New Yorker Films
- 2 h 5 m
Early Summer
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8.2
Summary A family chooses a match for their daughter Noriko, but she, surprisingly, has her own plans.
Directed By: Yasujirô Ozu
Written By: Kôgo Noda, Yasujirô Ozu
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
94
100% Positive
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0% Mixed
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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 plays with the positives and negatives of being married and being single in postwar Japan, at a time when women began to have more agency in their lives.
The camera is surprisingly mobile at times, but what really impresses is the use of omission and repetition.
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