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Cast
- Setsuko HaraNoriko Mamiya
- Chishū RyūKoichi Mamiya
- Chikage AwashimaAya Tamura
- Kuniko MiyakeFumiko Mamiya
- Ichirō SugaiShukichi Mamiya
- Chieko HigashiyamaShige Mamiya
- Haruko SugimuraTami Yabe
- Kuniko IgawaTakako
- Hiroshi Nihon'yanagiKenkichi Yabe
- Shūji SanoSotaro Satake
Recommendations
- 100
Chicago Tribune
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] - 100
Los Angeles Times
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] - 90
Screen Rant
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. - 88
Observer
Ozu never moves his camera but invariably moves us. [05 Dec 2004, p.13] - 80
Time Out
The camera is surprisingly mobile at times, but what really impresses is the use of omission and repetition.
