Early Summer (1951) - (The Criterion Collection - #240) [DVD9] [2004]

The Mamiya family is seeking a husband for their daughter, Noriko, but she has ideas of her own. Played by the extraordinary Setsuko Hara, Noriko impulsively chooses her childhood friend, at once fulfilling her family’s desires while tearing them apart. A seemingly simple story, Early Summer is one of Yasujiro Ozu’s most complex works—a nuanced examination of life’s changes across three generations. The Criterion Collection is proud to present one of the director’s most enduring classics.





MOVIE:
DIRECTOR: Yasujiro Ozu
COUNTRY: Japan
YEAR: 1951

Cast & Credits

Cast
Noriko Mamiya Setsuko Hara
Koichi Mamiya Chishu Ryu
Aya Tamura Chikage Awashima
Fumiko Mamiya Kuniko Miyake
Shukichi Mamiya Ichiro Sagai
Shige Mamiya Chieko Higashiyama
Tami Yabe Haruko Sugimura
Kenkichi Yabe Hiroshi Nihonyanagi
Takako Kuniko Igawa
Nishiwaki Seiji Miyaguchi
Sotaro Satake Shuji Sano
Minoru Mamiya Zen Murase
Isamu Mamiya Isao Shirosawa
Mitsuko Yabe Kazuyo Ito
Tomiko Nishiwaki Tami Yamamoto


Credits
Director Yasujiro Ozu
Writers Kogo Noda and Yasujiro Ozu
Producer Takeshi Yamamoto
Cinematography Yuharu Atsuta
Editing Yoshiyasu Hamamura
Art director Tatsuo Hamada
Lighting Itsuo Takashita
Music Senji Ito
Assistant director Shohei Imamura
Recording Yoshisaburo Seno






DVD:
DVD RELEASE: July 20, 2004
STUDIO: Criterion
CATALOG: 240
SYSTEM: NTSC
SCREEN: 1.33:1
BLACK AND WHITE
AUDIO: Japanese Dolby Digital Mono
SUBTITLES: English
RUNTIME (MOVIE): 125 minutes


EXTRACTION:
ENGINE: DVD Decrypter
DVD: 1 Full Dual-Layer DVD
FILE EXTENSION: Image (.ISO) + MDS file
FILE SIZE: 7.58 GB
SCANS HQ PDF(800 DPI): 7 MB



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Disc Features

* New high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound
* Audio commentary by Japanese-film expert Donald Richie, author of Ozu and A Hundred Years of Japanese Film
* Ozu’s Films from Behind-the-Scenes, a conversation about Ozu and his working methods between child-actor and sound technician Kojiro Suematsu, assistant cameraman Takashi Kawamata, and Ozu producer Shizuo Yamanouchi
* Original theatrical trailer
* New and improved English subtitle translation
* Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition
* Plus: a new essay by film scholar David Bordwell, author of Ozu and the Poetics of Cinema, and an essay about Ozu by filmmaker Jim Jarmusch