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Late Spring 봄

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Late Spring (晩春, Banshun) is a 1949 Japanese drama film directed by Yasujirō Ozu and written by Ozu and Kogo Noda, based on the short novel Father and Daughter (Chichi to musume) by the 20th-century novelist and critic Kazuo Hirotsu. The film was written and shot during the Allied Powers' Occupation of Japan and was subject to the Occupation's official censorship requirements. Starring Chishū Ryū, who was featured in almost all of the director's films, and Setsuko Hara, marking her first of six appearances in Ozu's work, it is the first installment of Ozu's so-called "Noriko trilogy", succeeded by Early Summer (Bakushu, 1951) and Tokyo Story (Tokyo Monogatari, 1953); in each of which Hara portrays a young woman named Noriko, though the three Norikos are distinct, unrelated characters, linked primarily by their status as single women in postwar Japan. Late Spring belongs to the type of Japanese cinema known as shomin-geki, a genre that deals with the ordinary daily lives of working class and middle class people of modern times.

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Late Spring (봄) — verified Korean film. Released 2014. Directed by Cho Geun-hyeon. 5 verified cast.

Details

• Runtime (min): 102
• Genre: drama film, erotic film
• Original language: Korean
• Title: Late Spring
• Director: Yasujirō Ozu
• Year: 1949
• Writer: Ozu and Kogo Noda
• Country: 일본
• Korean Release Date: 2004년 5월 28일

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• Wikipedia lists the Korean name as 만춘; KoreaAPI uses 봄 (chosen by source authority).

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Cast (5)

• Park Yong-woo
• Kim Seo-hyung
• Lee Yoo-young
• Joo Young-ho
• Yun Ye-hui

Director

• Cho Geun-hyeon

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