Late spring = Banshun

晚春 [videorecording] = Late spring / 松竹映画原作小津安二郎纐

Ozu, Yasujirō 1903-1963 (film director,, screenwriter.). Noda, Kōgo, 1893-1968 (screenwriter.). Yamamoto, Takeshi, 1908-1972 (film producer.). Ryū, Chishū, 1904-1993 (actor.). Hara, Setsuko, 1920-2015 (actor.). Tsukioka, Yumeji, (actor.). Sugimura, Haruko, 1909-1997 (actor.). Aoki, Hohi, (actor.). Usami, Jun, 1910-1980 (actor.). Miyake, Kuniko, (actor.). Mishima, Masao, 1906-1973 (actor.). Tsubouchi, Yoshiko, 1915-1985 (actor.). Katsuragi, Yoko, (actor.). Shimizu, Ichirō, (actor.). Tanizaki, Jun, (actor.). Takahashi, Toyoko, 1903-1981 (actor.). Benisawa, Yōko, 1901-1985 (actor.). Itō, Senji, (composer (expression)). Hirotsu, Kazuo, 1891-1968 Motion picture adaptation of (work): Banshun. (Added Author). Wenders, Wim, (film director.). Criterion Collection (Firm), (other agent associated with work.). Banshun: Chishu Ryu, Setsuko Hara, Yumeji Tsukioka, Haruko Sugimura, Hohi Aoki, Jun Usami, Kuniko Miyake, Masao Mishima, Yoshiko Tsubouchi, Yoko Katsuragi, Toyoko Takahashi, Ichiro Shimizu, Jun Tanizaki, Yoko Benisawa. (Cast).

Summary: The story of a widower and his daughter who through devotion to him is getting past a marriageable age. The father pretends to marry a young wife so his daughter will feel less obligated to stay with him. She marries and he prepares to live the remainder of his life alone.

Record details

ISBN: 0780030176
ISBN: 9780780030176
Physical Description: videodisc
2 videodiscs (approximately 200 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1̀ booklet (19 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Edition: Special edition.
Publisher: Irvington, NY : Criterion Collection, [2006]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Banshun: Originally released as a motion picture in 1949. Tokyo-ga: Originally released as a motion picture in 1985. Special features: Disc one: Audio commentary by Richard Peña, program director of New York's Film Society of Lincoln Center ; Disc two: "Tokyo-Ga" (1985, 92 min.), legendary director Wim Wenders's tribute to Yasujiro Ozu; Booklet features a new essay by critic Michael Atkinson and renowned Japanese film historian Donald Richie. Banshun: based on the novel by Kazuo Hirotsu.
Formatted Contents Note:	disc 1. Late Spring -- disc 2. Tokyo-ga.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Producer, Takeshi Yamamoto; cinematography, Yuhara Atsuta ; art director, Tatsuo Hamada ; editor, Yoshiyasu Hamamura ; music, Senji Ito.
Participant or Performer Note:	Banshun: Chishu Ryu, Setsuko Hara, Yumeji Tsukioka, Haruko Sugimura, Hohi Aoki, Jun Usami, Kuniko Miyake, Masao Mishima, Yoshiko Tsubouchi, Yoko Katsuragi, Toyoko Takahashi, Ichiro Shimizu, Jun Tanizaki, Yoko Benisawa.
System Details Note:	DVD, NTSC, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono., restored high-definition digital transfer.
Language Note:	Banshun has Japanese dialogue, with optional English subtitles. Tokyo-ga is in English, Japanese, and German with no subtitles.