Review of Early Summer (1951) by Nicola K — 25 Feb 2005
[font=Century Gothic][color=darkorchid]"Early Summer" is a Japanese film from 1951. It is about Noriko, who is a young woman with a stable extended family, lots of friends and a good job. She seems to be very happy but everybody within a thirty mile radius worries because she is 28 and has not married yet.
(This is also a side issue in "Fear and Trembling" which shows that this topic has not gone away forty years later.) It is postwar Japan where European dress mixes with more traditional clothing.
It seems like women are starting to work more out of the home. What director Yosujiro Ozu does, as he also did in his classic "Tokyo Story", is to make a wonderful movie out of the truly mundane tasks of everyday life.
The central plotline is handled in a much gentler way than it was also handled in "Late Marriage". [/color][/font].
This review of Early Summer (1951) was written by Nicola K on 25 Feb 2005.
Early Summer has generally received very positive reviews.
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