Late Spring

• 1949
• Japan
• 1h 48min
• PG

• Directed by: Yasujirō Ozu
• Written by: Kazuo Hirotsu, Kôgo Noda, Yasujiro Ozu
• Cast: Chishu Ryu, Setsuko Hara, Haruko Sugimura
• Language: Japanese

Full of insight, this subtle film explores the areas of family and marriage. A widowed father feels he is keeping his daughter from marriage, but when she is informed by mistake that he is about to remarry, she begins to form marriage plans of her own. A beautifully balanced character study.

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