Late Spring fingerprintMasterful craft, big heart, no humor.
Calm and low-key
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Deeply moving and melancholic
Much of it is about family and growing up.
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Family, everyday modern life, and the mind
Lived-in and easy to get lost in. Holds up on a rewatch.
Standout direction, performances, and characters
Standout cinematography and editing
Calm and low-key
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Late Spring is calm and low-intensity. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Deeply moving and melancholic
Much of it is about family and growing up.
Emotionally, it's deeply moving, melancholic, and wholesome. Much of it is about family and growing up.
Family, everyday modern life, and the mind
Lived-in and easy to get lost in. Holds up on a rewatch.
Its world is built around family, everyday modern life, and the mind. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in. It holds up on a rewatch.
Standout direction, performances, and characters
The direction, performances, and characters stand out.
Standout cinematography and editing
Look and sound: the cinematography and editing stand out.
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Late Spring is included with a subscription to Philo, Fandor, and HBO Max in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Plex, Fawesome, and Cineverse. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Fandango At Home. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Yes. It's widely acclaimed, with a GoodWatch score of 90/100 (IMDb 8.2, Rotten Tomatoes 100%, and Metacritic 93). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
1 h 48 min
Late Spring runs 1 h 48 min.
Not quite. Critics rate Late Spring higher (97) than audiences (84). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
It was made in Japanese. Produced in Japan.
+118GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Late Spring in 132 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 22 storytelling tropes for Late Spring, including Arranged Marriage, The Matchmaker, The Un-Smile.
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