Early Spring (1956): Cast
Early Spring is a 1956 romantic drama directed by Yasujirô Ozu, starring Chishû Ryû as Kiichi Onodera, Eijirô Tôno and Haruko Sugimura. It runs 2 hours 25 minutes.
- Released
- Runtime
- 2h 25m (145 min)
- Director
- Yasujirô Ozu
- Original language
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Japanese - Studio
- Shochiku
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is Early Spring About?
The premise of Early Spring without spoilers.
A young Tokyo salary man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he has an extramarital affair.
Early Spring Themes & Keywords
· 30 tags- adulterous husband
- young love
- wife
- man
- neighbor
- dream
- midlife crisis
- pursuit of happiness
- happiness
- corporation
- jealousy
- war buddy
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- disillusionment
- career
- work
- workplace
- death
- dysfunctional marriage
- tragedy
- starting over
- office worker
- marital problem
- loss of son
- husband wife relationship
- coworker coworker relationship
- train
- japan
- japanese culture
- adultery
- death of friend
Early Spring Cast & Characters
Chishû Ryû leads the cast as Kiichi Onodera, with Eijirô Tôno as Tokichi Hattori and Haruko Sugimura as Tamako Tamura. Directed by Yasujirô Ozu; 39 actors are credited in all.
- Director Yasujirô Ozu
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Chishû Ryû as Kiichi Onodera -
Eijirô Tôno as Tokichi Hattori -
Haruko Sugimura as Tamako Tamura -
Sô Yamamura as Yutaka Kawai
Also Starring in Early Spring
· 35 more- Kumeko Urabe Shige Kitagawa
- Nobuo Nakamura Arakawa
- Daisuke Katô Sakamoto
- Kôji Mitsui Hirayama
- Ryô Ikebe Shôji Sugiyama
- Kuniko Miyake Yukiko Kawai
- Keiko Kishi Chiyo Kaneko aka Goldfish
- Chikage Awashima Masako Sugiyama
- Teiji Takahashi Taizo Aoki
- Masami Taura Koichi Kitagawa
- Seiji Miyaguchi Yuzo Miura
- Haruo Tanaka Nomura
- Chieko Nakakita Sakae Tominaga
- Fujio Suga Tanabe
- Keijirō Morozumi Tsuji
- Teruko Nagaoka Mother Sato
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- Junji Masuda Yuzo Miura
- Hideaki Nagai Okazaki
- Tsûsai Sugawara Mr. Sugai
- Tomoka Hasebe Commuting Partner
- Kentarō Imai
- Kazuko Yamamoto Hisako Honda
- Jun Tanizaki
- Shôsuke Oni
- Zenichi Inagawa
- Masahiko Inoue
- Norikazu Takeda
- Tsuneko Sasaki
- Toshio Shimamura
- Tami Yamamoto
- Zen Murase Minoru Mamiya
- Yôko Chimura
- Takako Fujino Terumi Aoki
- Hiroko Sugita
- Nobu Kawaguchi
More from Yasujirô Ozu
More films directed by Yasujirô Ozu: Late Spring (1949), Late Autumn, Good Morning and Equinox Flower.
Early Spring Trailers & Videos
5 videos: 1 teaser, 3 clips and 1 featurette.
- Clip Early Spring
- Clip EARLY SPRING (Soshun), 1956
- Clip Early Spring Opening and Closing Titles
- Featurette Early Spring is the Most Underrated Ozu Masterpiece
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Early Spring FAQ: Cast, Runtime & Release Date
Runtime, release date, director, cast, post-credit scenes and language of Early Spring, each answered in a sentence.
How long is Early Spring?
Early Spring runs 2 hours 25 minutes (145 minutes).
When was Early Spring released?
Early Spring was released on January 29, 1956.
Who directed Early Spring?
Early Spring was directed by Yasujirô Ozu.
More films by Yasujirô Ozu Who is in the cast of Early Spring?
Early Spring stars Chishû Ryû as Kiichi Onodera, Eijirô Tôno as Tokichi Hattori and Haruko Sugimura as Tamako Tamura, among 39 credited actors.
Does Early Spring have a post-credit scene?
No. Early Spring has no extra scene during or after the credits.
What language is Early Spring in?
The original language of Early Spring is Japanese.
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