A classic film by Yasujiro Ozu
Late Spring
Showing
Free Admission
Central Santa Rosa Library
Saturday March 7, 11:30AM
211 E Street Santa Rosa 95404\
Synopsis
Late Spring (晩春, Banshun) is a 1949 Japanese drama film, directed by Yasujirō Ozu and produced by the Shochiku studio. It is based on the short novel Father and Daughter (Chichi to musume) by the 20th-century novelist and critic Kazuo Hirotsu, and was adapted for the screen by Ozu and his frequent collaborator, screenwriter Kogo Noda.
The film was written and shot during the Allied Powers’ Occupation of Japan and was subject to the Occupation’s official censorship requirements. It stars Chishū Ryū, who was featured in almost all of the director’s films, and Setsuko Hara, marking her first of six appearances in Ozu’s work. It is the first installment of Ozu’s so-called “Noriko trilogy”—the others are Early Summer (Bakushu, 1951) and Tokyo Story (Tokyo Monogatari, 1953)—in each of which Hara portrays a young woman named Noriko, though the three Norikos are distinct, unrelated characters, linked primarily by their status as single women in postwar Japan. – wikipedia
Millennium Actress fans! Setsuko Hara is the actress upon whose life that delightful anime is based.
You can view the trailer below.