MOVIE · 1949
Late Spring
ComedyDrama110 min
Noriko is content living with her widowed father in postwar Japan and sees no reason to marry, even as relatives begin to treat her unmarried life as a problem to solve. Setsuko Hara is Noriko, whose quiet routine with Shukichi (Chishû Ryû) starts to change when her aunt Masa pushes the family toward matchmaking. What follows turns a domestic situation into a painful negotiation between duty and affection, as Shukichi tries to arrange the future he believes his daughter should have, and Noriko resists the idea of leaving the life they share.
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