Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

July 2 - 10, 2010

Late Spring
( Banshun )

Black and white, 35 mm
Japan, 1949, 108 min
Section: Yasujiro Ozu
www.shochiku.com/film

Director: Yasujiro Ozu
Screenplay: Kogo Noda, Yasujiro Ozu
Dir. of Photography: Yuharu Atsuta
Music: Senji Ito
Designer: Tatsuo Hamada
Editor: Yoshiyasu Hamamura
Producer: Takeshi Yamamoto
Production: Shochiku Co., Ltd.
Sales: Shochiku Co., Ltd.
Contact: Shochiku Co., Ltd.

Cast

Chishu Ryu, Setsuko Hara, Haruko Sugimura, Yumeji Tsukioka, Jun Usami

Synopsis

Out of love, Noriko takes care of her father, Prof. Somiya, and enjoys the company of friends. She feels no lack in her life, but her aunt and father come to the mutual conclusion that she´s reached the age of marriage. Noriko cannot bear the thought of her father staying alone, and only placating words about her father´s own impending wedding force her to agree to see her future husband. He seems likable enough but, still, Noriko can´t imagine leaving her dad; only his persuasion convinces her. After her wedding the professor returns to an empty house. None of Ozu´s other films contain the same essence of traditional images of Japan that are here placed in harmonic juxtaposition with the new liberal conception of the family.