Late Spring: Home with Ozu
By May 08, 2006
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- Japan
- 1949
- 108 minutes
- Black and White
- 1.33:1
- Japanese
SYNOPSIS: One of the most powerful of Yasujiro Ozu’s family portraits, Late Spring tells the story of a widowed father who feels compelled to marry off his beloved only daughter. Eminent Ozu players Chishu Ryu and Setsuko Hara command this poignant tale of love and loss in postwar Japan, which remains as potent today as ever—almost alone justifying Ozu’s inclusion in the pantheon of cinema’s greatest directors.
Cast & CreditsOpen
Cast
| Shukichi Somiya | Chishu Ryu |
| Noriko Somiya | Setsuko Hara |
| Aya Kitagawa | Yumeji Tsukioka |
| Masa Taguchi | Haruko Sugimura |
| Kasuyochi | Hohi Aoki |
Credits
| Director | Yasujiro Ozu |
| Screenplay | Yasujiro Ozu and Kogo Noda |
| From the novel by | Kazuo Hirotsu |
| Cinematography | Yuuharu Atsuta |
| Music | Senji Ito |
| Art director | Tatsuo Hamada |
Disc Features
SPECIAL EDITION DOUBLE-DISC SET:
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer
- Tokyo-Ga (1985, 92 mins), legendary director Wim Wenders’ tribute to Yasujiro Ozu
- Audio commentary by Richard Peña, program director of New York’s Film Society of Lincoln Center
- A booklet featuring new essays by critic Michael Atkinson and renowned Japanese-film historian Donald Richie
- New and improved English subtitle translation
