Storyline
In postwar Tokyo, Noriko lives with her extended family. Although she enjoys her career and her social life, her more traditional family worries about her single marital status at the advanced age of 28. 40-year-old business associate Takako proposes, Noriko's family press her into accepting, but when her widowed childhood friend Kenkichi returns to the neighborhood, she finds her heart leading in another direction.
Cast & Crew
Setsuko Hara
Noriko Mamiya
Lead
Chishū Ryū
Koichi Mamiya
Chikage Awashima
Aya Tamura
Kuniko Miyake
Fumiko Mamiya
Ichirō Sugai
Shukichi Mamiya
Chieko Higashiyama
Shige Mamiya
Haruko Sugimura
Tami Yabe
Kuniko Igawa
Takako
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Yasujirō Ozu's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Early Summer is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
