Early Summer (1951) & What Did the Lady Forget? (1937) (Blu-ray & DVD) (UK Import)

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Country of origin:: Japan, 1951
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Item number:: 2567681
UPC/EAN:: 5035673010693
Release date:: 19.7.2010
Series:: BFI (British Film Institute)
Genre:: Drama
Playing time ca.:: 198 Min.
Director:: Yasujiro Ozu
Actor:: Setsuko Hara
German title:: Weizenherbst & Was hat die Dame vergessen?
Language:: Japanisch
Subtitles:: Englisch

Early Summer (Bakush) (1951, 125 min)
When family, friends and colleagues pressure Noriko – played with enigmatic brilliance by Setsuko Hara (Tokyo Story, Late Spring) – to marry, they provoke a surprising decision with wide-reaching consequences. Yasujiro Ozu's Early Summer is a wonderfully poised ensemble work which presents the intricacies and contradictions of the three generations who have lived through the end of an era and are looking towards the new.

What Did the Lady Forget? (Shukujo Wa Nani O Wasuretaka) (1937, 73 min, DVD only)

Ozu's comic pre-war feature, What Did the Lady Forget? plays with the themes of emasculation and feminine assertion. By escaping the strictures of his tyrannical wife, browbeaten Professor Komiya (Tatsuo Saito) falls into the clutches of his audacious niece whose advice, though effective, leaves much to be desired.

Specials

Fully illustrated booklet with newly commissioned essay by Michael Atkinson, director biography by Tony Rayns, as well as Chishu Ryu on working with Ozu.
New and improved English subtitles