Late spring = Banshun

Author

Yasujirō Ozu

Call Number

• DVD FOREIGN (CEN)

Edition

Special ed.

Languages

In Japanese, with optional English subtitles.

Performers

Chishu Ryu, Setsuko Hara, Yumeji Tsukioka, Haruko Sugimura, Hohi Aoki, Jun Usami, Kuniko Miyake, Masao Mishima, Yoshiko Tsubouchi, Yoko Katsuragi.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2006]

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (ca. 108 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1̀ booklet (19 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

A widowed father feels compelled to marry off his beloved only daughter.

Notes

Title from container.

Based on the novel by Kazuo Hirotsu.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1949.

Special features: audio commentary by Richard Peña, program director of New York's Film Society of Lincoln Center ; "Tokyo-Ga" (1985, 92 min.), legendary director Wim Wenders's tribute to Yasujiro Ozu.

Contents

• Disc 1. Late spring
• Disc 2. Tokyo-ga.