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Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

"The Paradise of cinema":

Among all the at least 12 filmy by Ozu, Ilove very much, Bakushu is my favorite. It was always nonsens that Ozu made always the same film, but Bakushu has something special. At first its storytelling composed of anedotes and episodes. More than other films by Ozu, Bakushu seems to consists on a big number of HAIKUS (japanese short poems), one agter another. In all respect - there are very few like Ozu in the history of cinema. The decentralism of his storytelling can be found mostly in asian and especially... more info

A pleasant vignette - marriage and a woman's right to choose:

The more Ozu films I watch, the more I fall in love with the simplicity and elegance of his storytelling. Like all his work, "Early Summer" ("Bakushu") is a beautiful snapshot of the human experience, in this case a 28-year old woman being pressured by her family to marry and balancing her own happiness with the happiness of those around her.

The tone of the film, like the weather in the title, is light and happy like a soft gentle early summer breeze. Whimsical and joyful, even while dealing with a... more info

Classic Ozu Film:

Early Summer is a variation on a seemingly perennial Ozu theme, namely, a family trying to arrange a marriage for a daughter and the daughter showing she has a mind of her own. The idea of an arranged marriage ("omiai" in Japanese) may seem strange to Western viewers. But they were quite common in Japan when this movie was made. The film centers around the character Noriko, played by Setsuko Hara (who interestingly was called the "eternal virgin" by her fans). Noriko is 28 and still single. Her boss finds a... more info

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