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Veteran Japanese writer/director Yasujiro Ozu's second postwar production was 1949's Late Spring or Banshun. Chisu Ryu plays another of Ozu's realistic middle-class types, this time a widower with a marriageable daughter. Not wishing to see the girl resign herself to spinsterhood, Ryu pretends that he himself is about to be married. The game plan is to convince the daughter that they'll be no room for her at home, thus forcing her to seek comfort and joy elsewhere. What makes this homey little domestic episode work is the rapport between Chisu Ryu and Setsuko Hara, who plays the daughter. Late Spring is no facile Hollywood farce; we like these people, believe in them, and wish them the best.
Condition:NEW. Brand New Factory Sealed
Cast & Crew - Late Spring
Setsuko Hara
(Films)(Biography) Noriko
Masao Mishima
Jo Onodera
Kuniko Miyake
Akiko Miwa
Chishu Ryu
Shukichi Somiya
Haruko Sugimura Masa Taguchi
Yumeji Tsukioka Aya Kitagawa
Jun Usami Shuichi Hattori
Technical Credits
Yasujiro Ozu Director, Screenwriter
Yuharu Atsuta Cinematographer
Yoshiyasu Hamamura Editor
Senji Ito Score Composer
Kogo Noda Screenwriter
Product Details
Actors: Chishu Ryu, Setsuko Hara, Yumeji Tsukioka, Haruko Sugimura, Hohi Aoki
Directors: Yasujiro Ozu
Format: Black & White, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English
Region: Region A/1 (Read more about DVD/Blu-ray formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Number of discs: 1
Rated: Unrated
Studio: Criterion Collection
DVD Release Date: April 17, 2012
Run Time: 108 minutes
Features:
Audio Commentary by Richard Peña, Program Director of New York's Film Society of Lincoln Center; Tokyo-ga (1985), Filmmaker Wim Wender's Ninety-Two minute documentary about Director Yasujiro Ozu; ; Plus: A booklet featuring Essays by critic Michael Atkinson and Japanese-film historian Donald Richie, as well as Ozu's thoughts on Screenwriter Kogo Noda
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