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25 September 1974 (USA)
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Ten Years After World War II, Modern Japanese Life Takes Shape
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(Credited cast)| Chikage Awashima | ... | Masako Sugiyama | |
| Takako Fujino | ... | Terumi Aoki | |
| Ryo Ikebe | ... | Shoji | |
| Daisuke Katô | |||
| Keiko Kishi | ... | Chiyo Kaneko | |
| Kuniko Miyake | ... | Yukiko Kawai | |
| Chishû Ryû | ... | Kiichi Onodera | |
| Haruko Sugimura | ... | Tamako | |
| Teiji Takahashi | ... | Taizo Aoki | |
| Masami Taura | ... | Koichi Kitagawa | |
| Eijirô Tôno | ... | Customer in 'Blue Mountain' milk bar | |
| Kumeko Urabe | ... | Shige Kitagawa | |
| Sô Yamamura | ... | Yutaka Kawai |
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Early Spring (USA)
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Referenced in Ikite wa mita keredo - Ozu Yasujirô den (1983)
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"Early Spring" is one of the lesser-known Ozu films, but it is worth watching to complete his view of post-war Japan, and the complexities of returning to daily life. When "Early Spring" was released, Japan was two years into its independence from American occupying forces. Tokyo and other major cities were rebuilding. Lives were getting back to some kind of order -- and with that, the challenges of dealing with a group think society also were present.
The relationships in this movie show the influence traditional Japan still held on modern life. The closeness of the wife and her mother; the courtesy that the husband shows the mother in law, even as he simply drops his clothes to the floor for his wife to pick up; the traditional house with few conveniences. For anyone interested in Japanese cuisine, the preparation of oden (a kind of winter stew) is a textbook lesson, but it also weaves in with the plot.
"Early Spring" lacks the humor and grace of "Early Summer" and it is not as masterful as "Tokyo Story" but it offers an interesting look at the lives of the young salarymen and office girls, at a time when Japan's post-war culture was solidifying. It would be interesting to see a remake, because Japanese life has changed, and yet has remained much the same.