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Late Spring
Yasujiro Ozu's influential masterpiece is a tender meditation on family politics, sacrifice and the status quo.
Director: YasujirΕ Ozu
Overview
Yasujiro Ozu's hugely influential award-winning masterpiece, Late Spring is a tender meditation on family politics, sacrifice and the status quo. Noriko (Setsuko Hara), and her father, Professor Somiya (Chishu Ryu), live together in perfect harmony but old certainties are put at risk when an interfering aunt raises the question of marriage. Introducing Ozu's popular Noriko character, Late Spring poignantly examines the gradual compromise between modernity and tradition
Ranked joint 20th in the 2022 Sight and Sound Great Films of All Time poll
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