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Banshun (1949)

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User Rating: 8.2/10 (1,654 votes)
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Overview

Director:
Yasujiro Ozu
Writers:
Kazuo Hirotsu (story)
Kôgo Noda (writer)
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Release Date:
21 July 1972 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
Noriko is 27 years old and still living with her widowed father. Everybody tries to talk her into marrying, but Noriko wants to stay taking care of her father. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
5 wins more
User Comments:
A Master of understated elegance more

Cast

 (Credited cast)
Chishu Ryu ... Shukichi Somiya
Setsuko Hara ... Noriko Somiya
Yumeji Tsukioka ... Aya Kitagawa
Haruko Sugimura ... Masa Taguchi
Hohi Aoki ... Katsuyoshi
Jun Usami ... Shuichi Hattori
Kuniko Miyake ... Akiko Miwa
Masao Mishima ... Jo Onodera
Yoshiko Tsubouchi ... Kiku
Yôko Katsuragi ... Misako
Toyoko Takahashi ... Shige
Jun Tanizaki ... Seizo Hayashi
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Late Spring
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Runtime:
108 min
Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
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Referenced in Ikite wa mita keredo - Ozu Yasujirô den (1983) more

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A Master of understated elegance, 10 March 2006
Author: (futures@exis.net) from Ronn Ives/FUTURES Antiques, Norfolk, VA.

"Late Spring" (Japanese, 1949): Every time I see another Yasujiro Ozu film, I am more amazed and further impressed. As a director, he was a master of understated elegance. Think of him as a moving wood block print, or an extended Haiku poem. His images, symbols, photography, composition, editing, dialog, story… they're all controlled to a masterful degree, and patiently lead you from one point to another. "Late Sprint" is the story about an older daughter who has never left her father. She is completely satisfied to stay at home caring for him (the mother died many years earlier). Everyone is concerned about her, applies pressure, and she resists. The father realizes it is he alone who might convince her to enter Life on new terms. Do NOT take Ozu's landscapes and city scenes as mere non-story scenery. Instead, watch for them to represent current conditions, emotions, and truths.

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