Late Spring
(1949)
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Late Spring
(1949)
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Shukichi Somiya
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| Setsuko Hara | ... |
Noriko Somiya
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Yumeji Tsukioka | ... |
Aya Kitagawa
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Haruko Sugimura | ... |
Masa Taguchi
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Hohi Aoki | ... |
Katsuyoshi
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Jun Usami | ... |
Shôichi Hattori
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Kuniko Miyake | ... |
Akiko Miwa
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Masao Mishima | ... |
Jo Onodera
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Yoshiko Tsubouchi | ... |
Kiku
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Yôko Katsuragi | ... |
Misako
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Toyo Takahashi | ... |
Shige
(as Toyoko Takahashi)
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Jun Tanizaki | ... |
Seizô Hayashi
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Ichirô Shimizu | ... |
Takigawa's master
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Yôko Benisawa | ... |
Teahouse Proprietress
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Manzaburo Umewaka | ... |
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Noriko is 27 years old and is still living with her father Somiya, a widower. Noriko just recovered from an illness she developed in the war, and now the important question pops up: when will Noriko start thinking about marriage? Everybody who is important in her life tries to talk her into it: her father, her aunt, a girlfriend. But Noriko doesn't want to get married, she seems extremely happy with her life. She wants to stay with her father to take care of him. After all, she knows best of his manners and peculiarities. But Noriko's aunt doesn't want to give up. She arranges a partner for her and thinks of a plan that will convince Noriko her father can be left alone. Written by Arnoud Tiele (imdb@tiele.nl)
I've watched this film many times and love it very much. Ozu made Hara perfectly beautiful in this film. Noriko devoted her father and didn't want to marry because of him. He would be lonely if she married. Father and daughter lived happily together, but when she saw an elegant widow at Noh theather, she had jealousy. Hara Setsuko's acting was perfect as Noriko who was in love with her own father. No other actress could act like that. She was only Noriko. So director Ozu didn't change her role name Noriko for Setsuko Hara. Noriko in Banshun(Late Spring), Noriko in Bakushu(Early Summer),Noriko in Tokyo Monogatari(Tokyo Story) and I am Noriko as Setuko Hara's No.1 fan in Japan.