Early Spring

Early Spring

1956•2h 25m•7.5/10

DramaRomance

Ratings

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7.5/10(92)

A young Tokyo salary man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he has an extramarital affair.

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Production

Shochiku

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Chikage Awashima

Chikage Awashima

Masako Sugiyama

Ryō Ikebe

Ryō Ikebe

Shôji Sugiyama

Keiko Kishi

Keiko Kishi

Chiyo Kaneko aka Goldfish

Teiji Takahashi

Teiji Takahashi

Taizo Aoki

Chishū Ryū

Chishū Ryū

Kiichi Onodera

So Yamamura

So Yamamura

Yutaka Kawai

Haruko Sugimura

Haruko Sugimura

Tamako Tamura

Takako Fujino

Terumi Aoki

Daisuke Katō

Daisuke Katō

Sakamoto

Masami Taura

Masami Taura

Koichi Kitagawa

Kumeko Urabe

Kumeko Urabe

Shige Kitagawa

Kuniko Miyake

Kuniko Miyake

Yukiko Kawai

Eijirō Tōno

Eijirō Tōno

Tokichi Hattori

Kōji Mitsui

Kōji Mitsui

Hirayama

Fujio Suga

Fujio Suga

Tanabe

Haruo Tanaka

Haruo Tanaka

Nomura

Chieko Nakakita

Chieko Nakakita

Sakae Tominaga

Kazuko Yamamoto

Hisako Honda

Keijirō Morozumi

Keijirō Morozumi

Tsuji

Nobuo Nakamura

Nobuo Nakamura

Arakawa

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