New Arrival Late Spring (#331)

One of the most powerful of Yasujiro Ozus family portraits, Late Spring (Banshun) tells the story of a widowed father who feels compelled to marry off his beloved only daughter. Eminent Ozu players Chishu Ryu and Setsuko Hara command this poignant tale of love and loss in postwar Japan, which remains as potent today as everand a strong justification for its makers inclusion in the pantheon of cinemas greatest directors.

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Film Info
Japan
1949
108 minutes
Black & White
1.33:1
Japanese
Spine #331
Special Features
New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
Audio commentary by Richard Pea, program director of New Yorks Film Society of Lincoln Center
Tokyo-ga (1985), filmmaker Wim Wenderss ninety-two-minute documentary about director Yasujiro Ozu
PLUS: essays by critic Michael Atkinson and Japanese-film historian Donald Richie, as well as Ozus thoughts on screenwriter Kogo Noda

New cover by Neil Kellerhouse