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Early Summer

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  • Drama

Overview

In postwar Tokyo, Noriko lives with her extended family. Although she enjoys her career and her social life, her more traditional family worries about her single marital status at the advanced age of 28. 40-year-old business associate Takako proposes, Noriko's family press her into accepting, but when her widowed childhood friend Kenkichi returns to the neighborhood, she finds her heart leading in another direction.

Keywords

  • family relationships
  • japan
  • tokyo
  • marriage proposal
  • matchmaking
  • post world war ii
  • unmarried woman
  • post war japan
  • family issues
  • tokyo, japan

Details

Status
Released
Release date
October 3, 1951
Original language
Japanese
Spoken languages
English, Japanese
Countries
Japan
Cinematography
Yûharu Atsuta
Budget
Not recorded
Revenue
Not recorded
Early Summer (1951) | Kinocult