Early Spring

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Early Spring

1956

2h 25m

7.5(87 votes)

Drama

Romance

Overview

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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39 members

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淡島千景

Masako Sugiyama

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池部良

Shôji Sugiyama

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岸恵子

Chiyo Kaneko aka Goldfish

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高橋貞二

Taizo Aoki

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笠智衆

Kiichi Onodera

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山村聰

Yutaka Kawai

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杉村春子

Tamako Tamura

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Takako Fujino

Terumi Aoki

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加東大介

Sakamoto

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田浦正巳

Koichi Kitagawa

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浦辺粂子

Shige Kitagawa

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三宅邦子

Yukiko Kawai

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東野英治郎

Tokichi Hattori

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三井弘次

Hirayama

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須賀不二男

Tanabe

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田中春男

Nomura

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中北千枝子

Sakae Tominaga

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Kazuko Yamamoto

Hisako Honda

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諸角啓二郎

Tsuji

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中村伸郎

Arakawa

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長岡輝子

Mother Sato

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増田順司

Yuzo Miura

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菅原通済

Mr. Sugai

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Zen Murase

Minoru Mamiya

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永井秀明

Okazaki

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宮口精二

Yuzo Miura

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川口のぶ

Unknown Role

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杉田弘子

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Norikazu Takeda

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Toshio Shimamura

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谷崎純

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Tomoka Hasebe

Commuting Partner

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Tsuneko Sasaki

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Yôko Chimura

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稲川善一

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Shôsuke Oni

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Kentarô Imai

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Masahiko Inoue

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Tami Yamamoto

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