Movie: Early Spring
Top 10 Billed Cast
Masako Sugiyama
Shôji Sugiyama
Chiyo Kaneko aka Goldfish
Taizo Aoki
Kiichi Onodera
Yutaka Kawai
Tamako Tamura
Sakamoto
Koichi Kitagawa
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Overview
A young Tokyo salary man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he has an extramarital affair.
Release Date
1956-01-29
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7.523
Rating:
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