In postwar Tokyo, Noriko lives with her extended family. Although she enjoys her career and her social life, her more traditional family worries about her single marital status at the advanced age of 28. 40-year-old business associate Takako proposes, 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.
Early Summer has generally received very positive reviews.
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Early Summer was released in 1951 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 62 reviews, giving Early Summer (1951) an average rating of 83%.
Overall, cinema-goers and film critics broadly agree on the merits of the movie, with critics giving it an average score of 87% and users giving an average score of 85%.
With a score of 83%, Early Summer is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1951, which stands at 60%.
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