Late Spring
1949 · 1 hr 48 min
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Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marry -- that is, until her aunt Masa convinces Shukichi that unless he marries off his 27-year-old daughter soon, she will likely remain alone for the rest of her life. When Noriko resists Masa's matchmaking, Shukichi is forced to deceive his daughter and sacrifice his own happiness to do what he believes is right.
Cast of Late Spring
Chishū RyūShukichi Somiya
Setsuko HaraNoriko Somiya
Yumeji TsukiokaAya Kitagawa
Haruko SugimuraMasa Taguchi
Hohi AokiKatsuyoshi
Junya UsamiShuichi Hattori
Kuniko MiyakeAkiko Miwa
Masao MishimaJo Onodera
Yôko KatsuragiMisako
Toyo TakahashiShige
Jun TanizakiSeizo Hayashi
Ichirô ShimizuTakigawa's master
Youko BenisawaTeahouse Proprietress
Manzaburo UmewakaShite
Nobu NojimaWaki
Ichiro KitamuraLittle drum
Haruo YasufukuBig drum
Tadaichi AokiPrompter
Seiju KanzeNô chorus
Shintaro UmewakaNô chorus
Shizuo KanzeNô chorus
Seiji TodaNô chorus
Kozo FukudaNô chorus
Shinichiro TakayamaNô chorus
Seinosuke IshidaNô chorus
Yutaka AokiNô chorus
Kinzo HasegawaNô chorus
Gazan HasegawaNô chorus
Mikuma ShimadaFlute