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Banshun (Original title)Late Spring (Alternative title)
Date: 1949 (Copyright)

Country: Japan

Director: Yasujirō Ozu

Production company billing: ©1949. Shochiku Co., Ltd.
Synopsis: A widowed professor lives with his doting and dutiful daughter. He worries that she will never marry and move on, so pretends that he is himself considering a new marriage in order to prompt her to take seriously the suitors he introduces her to.

Genre:
Drama

Subjects:
Fathers, Daughters
Releases
Date: 19 September 1949Country: JapanRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - Sound - MonoRuntime: 108 mins Length: 2964 MetresLanguage: Japanese
Date: October 2013Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 107 mins 59 secs - Dialogue (original): JapaneseDistributor: BFIPlayer

Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(3)

Accessible materials to view(2)
Description: DVDBFI identifier: C-1586663
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access


Description: Blu-rayBFI identifier: C-1586664
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access



Video materials(2)
Description: DVDBFI identifier: C-1586663
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access


Description: Blu-rayBFI identifier: C-1586664
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access



Film materials(1)
Description: 16mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 3880 FeetBFI identifier: C-12152
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status