Movies like Late Spring
Late Spring (1949) is a drama movie directed by Yasujirō Ozu. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. An Autumn Afternoon (1962)
★ 7.9 · 340 votes · Drama
Widower Shuhei Hirayama's caretaker is his 24-year-old daughter, Michiko. Gradually, he comes to realize that Michiko should not be obliged to look after him for the rest of his life, so he arranges a marriage for her.
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2. Tokyo Story (1953)
★ 8.1 · 1,273 votes · Drama
The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, Koichi, a doctor, and their daughter, Shige, a hairdresser, don't have much time to spend with their aged parents, and so it falls to Noriko, the widow of their younger son who was killed in the war, to keep her in-laws company.
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3. High and Low (1963)
★ 8.4 · 1,213 votes · Drama, Crime, Thriller
A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.
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4. After the Storm (2016)
★ 7.2 · 411 votes · Drama
Ryota is an unpopular writer although he won a literary award 15 years ago. Now, Ryota works as a private detective. He is divorced from his ex-wife Kyoko and he has an 11-year-old son Shingo. His mother Yoshiko lives alone at her apartment. One day, Ryota, his ex-wife Kyoko, and son Shingo gather at Yoshiko's apartment. A typhoon passes and the family must stay there all night long.
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5. Nobody Knows (2004)
★ 8.0 · 693 votes · Drama
In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning.
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6. Evil Does Not Exist (2023)
★ 6.8 · 325 votes · Drama
Takumi and his daughter Hana live in Mizubiki Village, close to Tokyo. One day, the village inhabitants become aware of a plan to build a camping site near Takumi's house offering city residents a comfortable "escape" to nature.
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