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      Late Spring

      1949, Drama, 1h 47m

      26 Reviews 2,500+ Ratings

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      Movie Info

      Noriko (Setsuko Hara) is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi (Chishû Ryû), and has no plans to marry -- that is, until her aunt Masa (Haruko Sugimura) convinces Shukichi that unless he marries off his 27-year-old daughter soon, she will likely remain alone for the rest of her life. When Noriko resists Masa's matchmaking, Shukichi is forced to deceive his daughter and sacrifice his own happiness to do what he believes is right.

      • Genre: Drama

      • Original Language: Japanese

      • Director: Yasujirô Ozu

      • Release Date (Theaters):  original

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      • Production Co: Shôchiku Eiga

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      Setsuko Hara
      Chishu Ryu
      Haruko Sugimura
      Jun Usami
      Senji Itô

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      • Sep 23, 2010
        This is why I love Ozu. His movies are just simple family drama but behind the simplicity it tells so much about life value.
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      • Jan 22, 2009
        What I liked about this movie, is the gradual attachment that grows between you and the characters. I've got this with all the Ozu's I've seen so far: in the beginning it's very neutral, but when he gets to the core of the relationships, I find it deeply moving. This movie explores the bond between a father and his daughter. It's about making sacrifices, or being prepared to make sacrifices for each other. Not something you see very often anymore in today's society, <div style="width:270px;"><a href="http://www.flixster.com/photos/setsuko-hara-late-spring-wedding-day-11363480"><img src="http://content6.flixster.com/photo/11/36/34/11363480_gal.jpg" border="0"/></a><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10px;"><a href="http://www.flixster.com">
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      • Mar 23, 2008
        every bit as good as tokyo story, due in large part to setsuko hara's subtle performance and the film's investment in her character. the plot concerns a twenty-something woman who is manipulated into following society's conventions; once again a simple domestic story told in such a peaceful and powerful way... it feels very modern and timeless all at once.
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      • Oct 08, 2007
        <b>Banshun</b><p>A beautiful -- and very modern feeling, considering it is nearly 60 years old -- portrayal of the changing concepts of family and marriage in post-WWII Japan. The damage of the war, although specifically brought up in just a few brief mentions, is foregrounded by the absent Somiya family mother, and the way this affects both the bond between father and daughter and the loyal daughter's attitude toward the possibility of her own marriage. <p> Nearing precariously the age of confirmed and irrevocable spinsterhood, only daughter Noriko finally gives in to the subtle yet impassioned plea of her father to accept an arranged marriage and thus follow what has always been, he argues, the accepted path of single women, the natural path of custom and of history. Noriko, however, will only finally agree to marriage, to breaking her seemingly unbreakable bond with her father, when her father lies to her, telling her that he will not be alone, that he will marry again, so Noriko need not worry any longer about him. <p> Sadly, the good intention behind this lie and his daughter's hoped for happiness are not enough to leave the father, Shukichi, unaffected by his daughter's new upward journey on the road to marital bliss and security. The final scene where Shukichi, now sitting alone in his empty house, hangs his head in sorrow, is a bittersweet sign that this ultimate sacrifice for his daughter's well-being will leave him very much alone and lonely indeed.
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