Early Spring

Shows a disgust with everyday life as it follows the daily routine of a young clerical worker who is an austere, intensely reserved person. Shows his wife as neat, practical and efficient and almost as stoical as her husband. Explains that their marriage was formerly a love match, but is now an indifferent companionship.

Shoji Sugiyama (Ryō Ikebe) begins an affair with a typist nicknamed "Goldfish" for her large eyes. Masako suspects something is amiss but is reluctant to confront her husband. After Shoji fails to mark the anniversary of their son's death, he and Masako become progressively estranged.

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Haruko Sugimura, Ryo Ikebe
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Shows a disgust with everyday life as it follows the daily routine of a young clerical worker who is an austere, intensely reserved person. Shows his wife as neat, practical and efficient and almost as stoical as her husband. Explains that their marriage was formerly a love match, but is now an indifferent companionship.

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