Early Summer

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Awards

Blue Ribbon Awards 1952 - Won - Best Actress

Blue Ribbon Awards 1952 - Won - Best Cinematography

Blue Ribbon Awards 1952 - Won - Best Director

Blue Ribbon Awards 1952 - Won - Best Supporting Actress

Blue Ribbon Awards 1952 - Won - Best Actress

Blue Ribbon Awards 1952 - Won - Best Cinematography

Blue Ribbon Awards 1952 - Won - Best Director

Blue Ribbon Awards 1952 - Won - Best Supporting Actress

Kinema Junpo Awards 1952 - Won - Best Film

Mainichi Film Concours 1952 - Won - Best Actress

Mainichi Film Concours 1952 - Won - Best Film

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Early Summer

Director:
Yasujiro Ozu
125 Minutes
 

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Film Synopsis

The Mamiya family is seeking a husband for their daughter, Noriko, but she has ideas of her own. Played by the extraordinary Setsuko Hara, Noriko impulsively chooses her childhood friend, at once fulfilling her family's desires while tearing them apart. A seemingly simple story, Early Summer is one of Yasujiro Ozu's most complex works - a nuanced examination of life's changes across three generations.

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Details

Runtime:
125 min.

Country:
JAPAN

Language:
Japanese

Color:
Color

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SPECIAL FEATURES: 

  • New high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound
  • Audio commentary by Japanese - film expert Donald Richie, author of Ozu and A Hundred Years of Japanese Film
  • Ozu's Films from Behind - the - Scenes, a conversation about Ozu and his working methods between child - actor and sound technician Kojiro Suematsu, assistant cameraman Takashi Kawamata, and Ozu producer Shizuo Yamanouchi
  • Original theatrical trailer
  • New and improved English subtitle translation
  • Optimal image quality: RSDL dual - layer edition
  • Plus: a new essay by film scholar David Bordwell, author Ozu and the Poetics of Cinema, and an essay about Ozu by filmmaker Jim Jarmusch

 

 

 

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