Late Spring [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Late Spring [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: Yasujiro Ozu Cast: Yasujiro Ozu
Yasujiro Ozu
, Chishu Ryu
Chishu Ryu
, Setsuko Hara
Setsuko Hara
, Haruko Sugimura
Haruko Sugimura
Yasujiro Ozu
Late Spring [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Late Spring [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: Yasujiro Ozu Cast: Yasujiro Ozu
Yasujiro Ozu
, Chishu Ryu
Chishu Ryu
, Setsuko Hara
Setsuko Hara
, Haruko Sugimura
Haruko Sugimura
Yasujiro Ozu

Blu-ray (Black & White / Stereo)

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Overview

Veteran Japanese writer/director Yasujiro Ozu's second postwar production was 1949's Late Spring or Banshun. Chisu Ryu plays another of Ozu's realistic middle-class types, this time a widower with a marriageable daughter. Not wishing to see the girl resign herself to spinsterhood, Ryu pretends that he himself is about to be married. The game plan is to convince the daughter that they'll be no room for her at home, thus forcing her to seek comfort and joy elsewhere. What makes this homey little domestic episode work is the rapport between Chisu Ryu and Setsuko Hara, who plays the daughter. Late Spring is no facile Hollywood farce; we like these people, believe in them, and wish them the best.

Product Details

Release Date: 04/17/2012
UPC: 0715515094412
Original Release: 1949
Source: Criterion Collection
Presentation: [B&W]
Sound: [stereo]
Language: English
Time: 1:48:00
Sales rank: 9,525

Special Features

Audio Commentary by Richard Peña, Program Director of New York's Film Society of Lincoln Center; Tokyo-ga (1985), Filmmaker Wim Wender's Ninety-Two minute documentary about Director Yasujiro Ozu; ; Plus: A booklet featuring Essays by critic Michael Atkinson and Japanese-film historian Donald Richie, as well as Ozu's thoughts on Screenwriter Kogo Noda

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Yasujiro Ozu Shukichi Somiya
Chishu Ryu Noriko
Setsuko Hara Masa Taguchi
Haruko Sugimura Suichi Hattori
Hohi Aoki Aya Kitagawa
Jun Osami Shuichi Hattori
Masao Mishima Jo Onodera
Yoshiko Tsubouchi Kiku
Kuniko Miyake Akiko Miwa
Yôko Katsuragi Misako
Toyo Takahashi Actor
Jun Tanizaki Actor
Ichirô Shimizu Actor
Youko Benisawa Actor
Manzaburo Umewaka Actor
Nobu Nojima Actor
Ichiro Kitamura Actor
Haruo Yasufuku Actor
Soichi Konparu Actor
Yumeji Tsukioka Actor
Yumeji Tusikioka Actor
Senji Ito Composer

Technical Credits
Yasujiro Ozu Director
Takeshi Yamamoto Producer
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