Movie
Late Spring
Overview
Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marry -- that is, until her aunt Masa convinces Shukichi that unless he marries off his 27-year-old daughter soon, she will likely remain alone for the rest of her life. When Noriko resists Masa's matchmaking, Shukichi is forced to deceive his daughter and sacrifice his own happiness to do what he believes is right.
Details
- Release date
- 1949-09-13
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Shochiku
- Country
- Japan
- Original language
- JA
Cast
- Chishū Ryū as Shukichi Somiya
- Setsuko Hara as Noriko Somiya
- Yumeji Tsukioka as Aya Kitagawa
- Haruko Sugimura as Masa Taguchi
- Hōhi Aoki as Katsuyoshi
- Jun Usami as Shuichi Hattori
- Kuniko Miyake as Akiko Miwa
- Masao Mishima as Jo Onodera
- Yoshiko Tsubouchi as Kiku
- Yōko Katsuragi as Misako
- Toyo Takahashi as Shige
- Jun Tanizaki as Seizo Hayashi
Crew
- Yasujirō Ozu - Director
- Kōgo Noda - Screenplay
- Yasujirō Ozu - Screenplay
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