Yasujirô Ozu Trilogy (2/3): EARLY SUMMER

”EARLY SUMMER”

In postwar Tokyo, this household is loving and serene: older parents, their 28-year-old daughter Noriko, their married son, his devoted wife, and two rascally sons.

Their only discontent is Noriko's lack of a husband. Society is changing: she works, she has women friends who tease and argue, her brother sees her independence as impudence, she sees it as normal. 

A seemingly simple story, Early Summer is one of Yasujiro Ozu's most complex works—a nuanced examination of life's changes across three generations as he combines two of his favorite themes--the culture clashes in modern Japan and the emergence of the independent Japanese woman.

18.00 = CINEMA CAFÉ OPENS
19.00 = ”EARLY SUMMER” (1951) directed by Yasujirô Ozu, 1951, 125 minutes