Jan 29, 1956
145 min
Full-HD

Early Spring (1956)

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

Category

Drama Romance

Country

Japan

Companies

Shochiku

Chikage Awashima

Masako Sugiyama

Ryō Ikebe

Shôji Sugiyama

Takako Fujino

Terumi Aoki

Daisuke Katō

Sakamoto

Keiko Kishi

Chiyo Kaneko

Kuniko Miyake

Yukiko Kawai

Chishū Ryū

Kiichi Onodera

Haruko Sugimura

Tamako Tamura

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