Early Summer
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| Kanji | 麥秋 | ||||
| Hiragana | ばくしゅう | ||||
| Katakana | バク シュウ | ||||
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| Directed by | Yasujirō Ozu | ||||
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| Produced by | Takeshi Yamamoto | ||||
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| Cinematography | Yūharu Atsuta | ||||
| Edited by | Yoshiyasu Hamamura | ||||
| Music by | Senji Itō | ||||
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| Distributed by | Shochiku | ||||
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Running time | 125 minutes | ||||
| Country | Japan | ||||
| Language | Japanese | ||||
Early Summer (麥秋, Bakushū; lit. "Barley Harvest Time") is a 1951 Japanese drama film directed and co-written by Yasujirō Ozu, and starring Setsuko Hara, Shūji Sano, Chikage Awashima, Chishū Ryū, Kuniko Miyake and Haruko Sugimura.
Like most of Ozu's post-war films, Early Summer deals with issues ranging from communication problems between generations to the rising role of women in post-war Japan. The plot concerns Noriko (Hara), a woman who lives contentedly in an extended family household that includes her parents and her brother's family, but an uncle's visit prompts the family to find her a husband.