Early Spring
In his first film after the commercial and critical success of Tokyo Story, Ozu examines life in postwar Japan through the eyes of a young salaryman, dissatisfied with career and marriage, who begins an affair with a flirtatious co-worker.
Credits
Original Title
Early Spring
Title
Early Spring
Directed by
Yasujiro OZU
Country
Japan
Year
1956
Screenplay
Kogo Noda, Yasujiro Ozu
Film Editing
Yoshiyasu Hamamura
Soundtrack
Kojun Saito
Cinematography
Yuharu Atsuta
Production Design
Tatsuo Hamada
Production
Shochiku
Runtime
145 min.
Language
Japanese
Cast
Ryo Ikebe (Shoji), Keiko Kishi (Chiyo Kaneko), Teiji Takahashi (Taizo Aoki), Chishu Ryu (Kiichi Onodera), So Yamamura (Yutaka Kawai), Haruko Sugimura (Tamako)
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