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Original title: Banshun (Late Spring)
Year: 1949
Running time: 108 min.
Country: Japan
Director: Yasujirō Ozu
Screenwriter: Kazuo Hirotsu, Kogo Noda, Yasujirō Ozu
Music: Senji Ito
Cinematography: Yuuharu Atsuta (B&W)
Cast: Setsuko Hara, Chishu Ryu, Hohi Aoki, Masao Mishima, Kuniko Miyake, Haruko Sugimura, Jun Usami, Yumeji Tsukioka, Yoshiko Tsubouchi
Producer: Shôchiku
Genre: Drama | Family Relationships. Weddings
Synopsis: A widower who lives with his daughter wants her to get married, but she doesn't want to leave him alone. He will pretend that he is about to marry in order to convince her that she won't fit at home anymore, thus forcing her to seek comfort and joy elsewhere.

Rankings Position

#20 Best Japanese Movies of all time
#115 Best Drama Movies

Critics' reviews

"One of the best two or three films Ozu ever made (...) [It features] precise compositions for a camera that almost never moves (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: rogerebert.com
"Ozu's recognition of the wall of skin separating the mind of the character from the viewer is an integral part of his philosophy."

Vincent Canby: The New York Times
"The first masterpiece of Yasujirô Ozu’s iconic late period (...) It’s actually very visually bold, with an intensified sense of geometry, figure, and line, and a wild disregard for the rules of continuity editing"

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky: AV Club
"[A] magnificent family drama (...) [Hara] is heartbreakingly vibrant"

Melissa Anderson: Village Voice
"Few films have expressed, with as much force and lyricism as Ozu’s 'Late Spring', the various emotions (...) associated with the ongoing, perpetual dissolution of 'the world as we know it' (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"

Jaime N. Christley: Slant
"The sense of loss and regret is beautifully balanced with the optimism of a new life beginning"

Dave Kehr: Chicago Reader
"Although well acted, the visual are equally arresting but when the themes are so similar a new approach is required to keep it interesting (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"

Kim Newman: Empire
"It contains passages of great beauty and humanity, and there can be no faulting the heartbreaking performances of Ryu and Hara (...) A remarkable, piercing film"

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Ranking Lists Position

30 My Favorite Japanese Movies (53)
96 My Favorite Asian Movies (45)

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