Late Spring / Banshun (Yasujiro Ozu, 1949) (English subtitles)

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In the post-WWII Japan, the twenty-seven year-old Noriko Somiya lives a simple but happy life with her fifty-seven year-old widower father, the college professor Shukichi Somiya in the suburb of Tokyo. Noriko has recovered from a disease she had during the war, and her aunt Masa Taguchi and her friend Aya Kitagawa press her to get married. However, Noriko would rather stay single and taking care of her beloved father. When Masa finds a promising fiancé to Noriko, she tells that her father will remarry sooner, forcing the reluctant Noriko to take a decision.

This Japanese film is on public domain since the copyrights have expired: Pre-1953 movie:

'70 years after the publication' duration has expired.
‘50 years after the publication’ duration for the pre 1953 movies has expired before 2003.
And '38 years after the creator death' for movies published before 1971.

Yasujiro Ozu (1903-1963) - Director, Writer
Kogo Noda (1893-1968) - Writer
Kazuo Hirotsu (1891-1968) - Writer
Takeshi Yamamoto (1908-1972) - Producer