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| Kanji | 早春 | ||||
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| Directed by | Yasujirō Ozu | ||||
| Written by | Kōgo Noda Yasujirō Ozu | ||||
| Produced by | Shizuo Yamanouchi | ||||
| Starring | Chikage Awashima Ryō Ikebe Keiko Kishi | ||||
| Cinematography | Yuharu Atsuta | ||||
| Edited by | Yoshiyasu Hamamura | ||||
| Music by | Kojun Saitō | ||||
| Distributed by | Shochiku | ||||
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Running time | 144 minutes | ||||
| Country | Japan | ||||
| Language | Japanese | ||||
Early Spring (早春, Sōshun) is a 1956 film by Yasujirō Ozu about a married salaryman (Ryō Ikebe) who escapes the monotony of married life and his work at a fire brick manufacturing company by beginning an affair with a fellow office worker (Keiko Kishi). The film also deals with the hardships of the salaryman lifestyle.[1] "I wanted," Ozu said, "to portray what you might call the pathos of the white-collar life."[2]
With a runtime of 144 minutes, Early Spring is Ozu's longest surviving film, and his penultimate shot in black and white.
- ^ Bordwell, David (1988). Ozu and the Poetics of Cinema. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. pp. 334–339. ISBN 0-85170-158-2.
- ^ Ozu, Yasujiro (1970). "Ozu on Ozu: The Talkies". Cinema. 6 (1): 3–5.