Description:
A reprise of Yasujiro Ozu’s favorite theme, Early Summer tells the story of the Mamiya family and their efforts to marry off their headstrong daughter, Noriko, played by the extraordinary Setsuko Hara. A seemingly simple story, it is among the director’s most emotionally complex—a nuanced examination of a family falling apart. The Criterion Collection is proud to present one of Ozu’s most enduring classics.
Special 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 between Ozu producer Shizuo Yamanouchi, actor and technician Kojiro Suematsu, and assistant cameraman Takashi Kawamata
- New essay by film scholar David Bordwell, author of Ozu and the Poetics of Cinema
- Original theatrical trailer
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition
- Monaural
- 1.33:1 aspect ratio