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Early Summer
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Early Summer

Oct 3, 1951
2h 5m
★ 7.9

Overview

A 28-year-old single woman is pressured to marry.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Shochiku
Shochiku Ofuna Film Studio

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Cast

Setsuko Hara

Noriko Mamiya

Setsuko Hara

Chishū Ryū

Koichi Mamiya

Chishū Ryū

Chikage Awashima

Aya Tamura

Chikage Awashima

Kuniko Miyake

Fumiko Mamiya

Kuniko Miyake

Ichirō Sugai

Shukichi Mamiya

Ichirō Sugai

Chieko Higashiyama

Shige Mamiya

Chieko Higashiyama

Haruko Sugimura

Tami Yabe

Haruko Sugimura

Kuniko Igawa

Takako

Kuniko Igawa

Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi

Kenkichi Yabe

Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi

Shūji Sano

Sotaro Satake

Shūji Sano

Toyo Takahashi

Nobu Tamura

Toyo Takahashi

Seiji Miyaguchi

Nishiwaki

Seiji Miyaguchi