Noriko lives in postwar Tokyo with her extended family. Although she enjoys her career and her friends, her more traditionally minded family worries about the fact that she’s still single at the advanced age of 28. When 40-year-old business associate Takako proposes marriage, Noriko’s family press her into accepting. But when her widowed childhood friend Kenkichi returns to the neighborhood, she finds her heart leading in another direction. (Source: Letterboxd) Edit Translation
- English
- magyar / magyar nyelv
- dansk
- Norsk
- Native Title: 麦秋
- Also Known As: Bakushū
- Screenwriter & Director: Ozu Yasujiro
- Screenwriter: Noda Kogo
- Genres: Drama
Cast & Credits
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Hara SetsukoMamiya NorikoMain Role -
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Ryu ChishuMamiya KoichiSupport Role -
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Awashima ChikageTamura Aya [Noriko's friend]Support Role -
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Miyake KunikoMamiya FumikoSupport Role -
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Sugai IchiroMamiya ShukichiSupport Role -
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Higashiyama ChiekoMamiya ShigeSupport Role
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Reviews
Marry a good person, that's the most important thing.
I thought it would be like Late Spring (1949) and yeah in the first part it's has the same feeling, but after it reaches the second part this film has it own taste, with family problem, and Noriko's family disapproval with her love or future choice make it more hotter than the previous film which feels more intimate.I must say I like this film, this film has more moment that can make me laugh, and with more family member, i can felt the drama. Like when Noriko's gone home after visit Ken's house, then she's telling her family about her decision, the reaction from family, makes me feel connected because she wants to marry a widower, and I've seen one of my family member who still "virgin" marrying a widower, the conflict, the tears I've seen that, and I think Noriko's Love Story maybe end up well.
I don't know what to say anymore, but so far I really enjoy Yasujiro Ozu's films.
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A moment in tme, The summer of 51!
This is a true slice of life movie depicting a moment in peoples lives as it seemed to be back then, the constant when are you going to get married... single women vs. married women. The family pressure, the nuclear family values and the strong presence of loss in the background. Actually I know very little about this time in history, and even less about the pressures of marriage in 1951s japan so this is actually just me guessing. But this movie does have a feel of moving on without forget ing ones roots... Progressive in many ways, saying women can choose their own paths while still screamin the only way to happiness is marriage.The movie is kind of slow and does get to be a bit repetitive. The subs in the version I watched where a bit a head of their time making me have to use my brain a little bit to much.
If you are in to slow classics with a hint of woman can, this is not a bad place to find it.
Personally had it not been part of the syllabus for a course I am attending, I would probably not have stuck around to the end of it as I honestly did not really care if she would marry or who she would marry even if I appreciated the character of the female lead as she is actually kind of fun and cool.
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