Film

Late Spring

1949 · 1h 48m · Drama

IMDb

8.2

Rotten Tomatoes

100%

Metacritic

93

Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marry -- that is, until her aunt Masa 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.

Chishū Ryū

Shukichi Somiya

Setsuko Hara

Noriko Somiya

Yumeji Tsukioka

Aya Kitagawa

Haruko Sugimura

Masa Taguchi

Hōhi Aoki

Katsuyoshi

Jun Usami

Shuichi Hattori

Kuniko Miyake

Akiko Miwa

Masao Mishima

Jo Onodera

Yoshiko Tsubouchi

Kiku

Yōko Katsuragi

Misako

Toyo Takahashi

Shige

Jun Tanizaki

Seizo Hayashi

Ichirō Shimizu

Takigawa's Master

Yoko Benisawa

Teahouse Proprietress

Manzaburo Umewaka

Shite

Nobu Nojima

Waki

• Yasujirō OzuScreenplay · Director
• Kōgo NodaScreenplay
• Kazuo HirotsuNovel
• Takeshi YamamotoProducer
• Yûharu AtsutaDirector of Photography
• Senji ItoOriginal Music Composer
• Yoshiyasu HamamuraEditor

Release date

September 13, 1949

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 48m

Rated

TP

Genres

Drama

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