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Early Summer
78%
Movie
2h 5m
AI Analysis
Early Summer (1951) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Early Summer (1951) — a movie tagged as Drama with balanced tone moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: 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 ch… Our models also surface themes such as family and war from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for general audiences. Expect steady storytelling (~125 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Early Summer 78% (206 votes) — strong audience scores for this movie.
AI verdict
Early Summer is a film worth prioritising when you want something with strong audience scores — our AI analysis flags it as a strong match for its genre and tone profile.
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TMDb audience score
78%
from 206 TMDb votes
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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.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1951-10-03
- Runtime
- 2h 5m
- TMDB rating
- 7.8
- TMDB ID
- 50247
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Is there an official trailer for Early Summer?
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What is Early Summer about?
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 ... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
Is there an AI analysis for Early Summer?
Yes. WatchMind publishes an AI analysis on this page — tone, pacing, audience fit, and community scores from TMDb metadata and recommendation models (not a chatbot). Scroll to the AI Analysis section or read the meta description summary.
How long is the movie Early Summer?
The official runtime for Early Summer is approximately 125 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast
Setsuko Hara
Noriko Mamiya
Chishū Ryū
Koichi Mamiya
Chikage Awashima
Aya Tamura
Kuniko Miyake
Fumiko Mamiya
Ichirō Sugai
Shukichi Mamiya
Chieko Higashiyama
Shige Mamiya
Haruko Sugimura
Tami Yabe
Kuniko Igawa
Takako
Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
Kenkichi Yabe
Shūji Sano
Sotaro Satake
Toyo Takahashi
Nobu Tamura
Seiji Miyaguchi
Nishiwaki
Kokuten Kōdō
Old Uncle
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Matsuko Shiga
Mari Takanashi
Tomoka Hasebe
Hospital Assistant
Zen Murase
Minoru Mamiya
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