Early Summer

The Mamiya family is seeking a husband for their daughter Noriko. Noriko has ideas of her own – and her decision to reject the proposal of an older businessman to marry her widowed childhood friend sends shockwaves through her family’s quiet, happy domestic sphere. A nuanced examination of life's changes across three generations, Yasujiro Ozu’s Early Summer captures the cultural and personal shifts in post-war Japan, with a delicate, extraordinary performance from Setsuko Hara at its heart.