Early Summer

In postwar Tokyo, Noriko lives with her extended family. Although she enjoys her career and her social life, her more traditional family worries about her single marital status at the advanced age of 28. 40-year-old business associate Takako proposes, Noriko's family press her into accepting, but when her widowed childhood friend Kenkichi returns to the neighborhood, she finds her heart leading in another direction.

Cast

Setsuko Hara

Setsuko Hara

as Noriko Mamiya

Chishū Ryū

Chishū Ryū

as Koichi Mamiya

Chikage Awashima

Chikage Awashima

as Aya Tamura

Kuniko Miyake

Kuniko Miyake

as Fumiko Mamiya

Ichirō Sugai

Ichirō Sugai

as Shukichi Mamiya

Chieko Higashiyama

Chieko Higashiyama

as Shige Mamiya

Haruko Sugimura

Haruko Sugimura

as Tami Yabe

Kuniko Igawa

Kuniko Igawa

as Takako

Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi

Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi

as Kenkichi Yabe

Shūji Sano

Shūji Sano

as Sotaro Satake

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