---
title: 'Early Summer (1951)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Yasujirō Ozu'
released: '1951-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 125
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/early-summer-1951'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043313/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Early Summer (1951)

1951 · 125 min · Drama · Japan

Original title: 麦秋
Part of: Noriko Trilogy

## Synopsis

Early Summer  is a 1951 Japanese drama film directed and co-written by Yasujirō Ozu, and starring Setsuko Hara, Shūji Sano, Chikage Awashima, Chishū Ryū, Kuniko Miyake and Haruko Sugimura.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Yasujirō Ozu](https://cinepixo.com/people/yasujiro-ozu)
- **Screenplay:** [Yasujirō Ozu](https://cinepixo.com/people/yasujiro-ozu), [Kōgo Noda](https://cinepixo.com/people/kogo-noda)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Senji Itō](https://cinepixo.com/people/senji-ito)
- **Director of Photography:** [Yūharu Atsuta](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuharu-atsuta)

## Cast

- [Setsuko Hara](https://cinepixo.com/people/setsuko-hara)
- [Kuniko Miyake](https://cinepixo.com/people/kuniko-miyake)
- [Chikage Awashima](https://cinepixo.com/people/chikage-awashima)
- [Haruko Sugimura](https://cinepixo.com/people/haruko-sugimura)
- [Ichirō Sugai](https://cinepixo.com/people/ichiro-sugai)
- [Seiji Miyaguchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/seiji-miyaguchi)
- [Chishū Ryū](https://cinepixo.com/people/chishu-ryu)
- [Chieko Higashiyama](https://cinepixo.com/people/chieko-higashiyama)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/early-summer-1951
Film facts: Wikidata (Q1761192); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.