Early Spring

Jan 29, 1956

2h 25m

★ 7.5

Overview

A young Tokyo salary man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he has an extramarital affair.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Shochiku

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Cast

Masako Sugiyama

Chikage Awashima

Shôji Sugiyama

Ryō Ikebe

Chiyo Kaneko aka Goldfish

Keiko Kishi

Taizo Aoki

Teiji Takahashi

Kiichi Onodera

Chishū Ryū

Yutaka Kawai

So Yamamura

Tamako Tamura

Haruko Sugimura

Terumi Aoki

Takako Fujino

Sakamoto

Daisuke Katō

Koichi Kitagawa

Masami Taura

Shige Kitagawa

Kumeko Urabe

Yukiko Kawai

Kuniko Miyake

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