Early Summer

year: 1951
director: Yasujiro Ozu
cast: Setsuko Hara, Chishu Ryu, Chikage Awashima

Noriko, is a young woman with a stable extended family, lots of friends and a good job. She seems to be very happy but everybody worries because she is 28 and has not married yet.The film is a part of a thematic trilogy in which the stories take place in separate universes but are linked together by actress Setsuko Hara playing a single woman named Noriko in post-war Japan. An insightful look at 20th century Japanese life by master filmmaker Yasujiro Ozu.