# Early Summer (1951) — on MUBI?

- **Director:** Yasujirô Ozu
- **Cast:** Setsuko Hara, Chishū Ryū, Chikage Awashima, Kuniko Miyake, Ichirō Sugai
- **Genres:** Drama
- **Runtime:** 125 min
- **MUBI rating:** 8.8/10 (1715 ratings)

## Available on MUBI in
- 🇮🇹 Italy — until May 31
- 🇹🇷 Turkey — until March 31

## Also streaming on
- 🇯🇵 Japan: Amazon Prime Video

## Synopsis
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.

Watch on MUBI: https://mubi.com/films/early-summer

Page: https://mubimap.com/film/early-summer/ · Data: MUBI catalog (42 countries) + TMDB · Updated 2026-09-10