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| New Yorker Films | Release Date: July 21, 1972 |
Starring:
Chishû Ryû, Haruko Sugimura, Hôhi Aoki, Jun Usami, Kuniko Miyake, Masao Mishima, Setsuko Hara, Yôko Katsuragi, Yoshiko Tsubouchi, Yumeji Tsukioka
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.
Each shot in Late Spring is striking on its own; the mature Ozu belongs to that rare category of filmmakers whose work can be recognized from a single frame. But together—with all their abrupt shifts in visual perspective and time—they become a mosaic, deeply poignant and ultimately mysterious in the way it envisions a relationship between two people trapped by how much they care for one another.
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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]
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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