Eclipse Series 3: Late Ozu
By June 18, 2007
Yasujiro Ozu had already directed forty-five features by the time he started work on Early Spring, in 1955, but the artistic and commercial success of his previous film, Tokyo Story (1953), had Read more »
SYNOPSIS: The great actress and Ozu regular Setsuko Hara plays a mother gently trying to persuade her daughter to marry in this glowing portrait of family love and conflict—a reworking of Ozu’s 1949 masterpiece Late Spring.
| Akiko Miwa | Setsuko Hara |
| Ayako | Yoko Tsukasa |
| Yuriko Sasaki | Mariko Okada |
| Shotaro Goto | Keiji Sata |
| Soichi Mamiya | Shin Saburi |
| Fumiko | Sadako Sawamaru |
| Michiko | Miyuki Kuwano |
| Tadao | Masahiko Shimazu |
| Shukichi Miwa | Chishu Ryu |
| Director | Yasujiro Ozu |
| Screenplay | Yasujiro Ozu and Kogo Noda |
| Based on the novel by | Ton Satomi |
| Cinematography | Yuharu Atsuta |
| Art direction | Tatsuo Hamada |
| Music | Kojun Saito |
| Editing | Yoshiyasu Hamamura |
By June 18, 2007
Yasujiro Ozu had already directed forty-five features by the time he started work on Early Spring, in 1955, but the artistic and commercial success of his previous film, Tokyo Story (1953), had Read more »