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→ Setsuko Hara as Noriko in Late Spring (1949) / Early Summer (1951) and Tokyo Story (1953) Directed By: Yasujiro Ozu  

Late Spring (1949, Japan). Directed by: Yasujiro Ozu

晩春 (Late Spring) (1949, Japan) Dir: Yasujirō Ozu

晩春 (Late Spring) (1949, Japan) Dir: Yasujirō Ozu

Late Spring (Yasujiro Ozu, 1949)

Late Spring (1949, Japan). Directed by: Yasujiro Ozu

Late Spring (1949, Japan). Directed by: Yasujiro Ozu

Late Spring (1949, Japan). Directed by: Yasujiro Ozu

Late Spring (1949, Japan) Directed by: Yasujiro Ozu

Late Spring (1949, Japan). Directed by: Yasujiro Ozu

Late Spring (1949, Japan) Directed by: Yasujiro Ozu

Late Spring (1949, Japan) Directed by: Yasujiro Ozu

Late Spring (Yasujiro Ozu, 1949)

Ornamental Hairpin (Hiroshi Shimizu, 1941)

On top is the image of Chishu Ryu that most of us are familiar with—fatherly, smiling, and most importantly: under heavy makeup in order to look old. Below, eight years before Late Spring, is Chishu Ryu in the first role I’ve ever seen him play as a man his own, youthful age—in Ornamental Hairpin, aged 36—and hot damn, look at that handsome devil. Black, slick head of hair and all. Unfortunately, there aren’t many close-ups of him despite his position as the leading man and romantic interest, but this is still closer than I’m used to getting to a younger image of an actor I respect very much.