Early Summer (1951) ( Bakushû ) ( Proimo kalokairi )

Early Summer (1951) (Blu-Ray) (*)

$33.99

Original Title: Bakushû
Alternate Title: Proimo kalokairi
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Japanese ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Japanese ( Dolby Linear PCM )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
125 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White
Booklet

Movie filmed in 1951 and produced in:
Japan ( India, Eastern Asia )

Directed By:
Yasujiro Ozu

Written By:
Kôgo Noda
Yasujiro Ozu

Actors:
Setsuko Hara ..... Noriko Mamiya
Chishu Ryu ..... Koichi Mamiya
Chikage Awashima ..... Aya Tamura
Kuniko Miyake ..... Fumiko Mamiya
Ichirô Sugai ..... Shukichi Mamiya
Chieko Higashiyama ..... Shige Mamiya
Haruko Sugimura ..... Tami Yabe
Kuniko Igawa ..... Takako
Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi ..... Kenkichi Yabe
Shûji Sano ..... Sotaro Satake
Toyo Takahashi ..... Nobu Tamura
Seiji Miyaguchi ..... Nishiwaki
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: ..... Mitsuko Yabe
Ito Kazuyo ..... Old Uncle
Kokuten Kôdô ..... Minoru Mamiya
Zen Murase

Synopsis:

Writer/director Yasujiro Ozu combines two of his favorite themes--the culture clashes in modern Japan and the emergence of the independent Japanese woman--in Early Summer (Bakushu). Setsuko Hara plays a young woman of the post-war era who is promised in an arranged marriage. But too much has happened in the world and in the girl's own life to allow her to agree to this union without protest. The characters in Early Summer are neither remote historical personages nor distant foreigners. They are types as easily recognizable in Japan as in any country, and this commonality enhances the universal appeal of this austere film. Yasujiro Ozu collaborated on the script of Early Summer with Kogo Noda.

When family, friends and colleagues pressure Noriko played with enigmatic brilliance by Setsuko Hara (Tokyo Story, Late Spring) to marry they provoke a surprising decision with wide-reaching consequences. Available for the first time on Blu-ray, Yasujiro Ozu s Early Summer is wonderfully poised ensemble work which presents the intricacies and contradictions of three generations who have lived through the end of an era and are looking towards the new.Also contains full length feature What Did the Lady Forget?, Ozu s comic pre-war classic, as an extra.

In postwar Tokyo, this household is loving and serene: older parents, their 28-year-old daughter Noriko, their married son, his devoted wife, and two rascally sons. Their only discontent is Noriko's lack of a husband. Society is changing: she works, she has women friends who tease and argue, her brother sees her independence as impudence, she sees it as normal. When her boss suggests that she marry a 40-year-old bachelor who is his friend, all the members of her family press her to accept. Without seeking their advice, and to their chagrin, Noriko determines her own course of action.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 25 November, 2010.

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