Among Ozu’s most beloved films, Late Spring is often cited as Ozu’s first full articulation of his mature style.
Among Ozu’s most beloved films, Late Spring is considered the first of the so-called Noriko Trilogy (continued in Early Summer and Tokyo Story) starring Hara Setsuko in the eponymous role as a paradigm of filial piety faced with a serious challenge to her dutifully assumed role. In Late Spring it is the pressure to marry placed by an aunt (Sugimura Haruko, once again perfecting the role of the perennial busybody) that pushes into crisis Noriko’s relationship with her widowed father, played by Ozu stalwart Ryu Chishu. Two of the most iconic scenes in all of Ozu’s cinema are found here: a beachside bicycle trip taken by a radiant Hara and a would-be suitor, and a much discussed, debated scene between father and daughter in which a vase plays a mysteriously charged role. Late Spring is often cited as Ozu’s first major postwar film and the first full articulation of his mature style.
$10 / $8 seniors, Harvard staff, non-Harvard students / Harvard students free
Phone: (617) 496-3211
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2023/06/09 - 2023/06/11
Harvard Film Archive
Harvard Film Archive Cinematheque, Cambridge, MA 02138
Although parking in Cambridge is difficult (most of the surrounding streets have restricted parking for Cambridge residents only), metered parking on Broadway and Harvard Streets, as well as the rest of Harvard Square, is free after 8pm. Film-goers are encouraged to use public transportation, particularly the MBTA Red Line.
Film has English subtitles