Like most of director Yasujiro Ozu's work, Early Spring is a deceptively simple family drama: a middle-aged office worker, bored with the dreary routines of his job and his marriage, succumbs to a brief fling with the office flirt. His wife inevitably discovers his infidelity, but when he accepts a transfer to the countryside, she follows him to start their life anew. Ozu's depiction of marital difficulties is hardly depressing. Instead, he employs his signature warmth, sensitivity, and humor to create a touching, thoughtful film.

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