Early Spring (1959 Film)
Early Spring can refer to: * ''Early Spring'' (1956 film), a Japanese film * ''Early Spring'' (1959 film), a South Korean film featuring Kang Hyo-shil * ''Early Spring'' (1986 film), a Danish film * Early Spring (painting), a hanging scroll painting by Guo Xi, completed in 1072 See also * Spring (other) Spring(s) may refer to: Common uses * Spring (season), a season of the year * Spring (device), a mechanical device that stores energy * Spring (hydrology), a natural source of water * Spring (mathematics), a geometric surface in the shape of a h ...

Early Spring (1956 Film)
is a 1956 film by Yasujirō Ozu about a married salaryman (Ryō Ikebe) who escapes the monotony of married life and his work at a fire brick manufacturing company by beginning an affair with a fellow office worker (Keiko Kishi). The film also deals with the hardships of the salaryman lifestyle. "I wanted," Ozu said, "to portray what you might call the pathos of the white-collar life." With a runtime of 144 minutes, ''Early Spring'' is Ozu's longest surviving film, and his penultimate shot in black and white. Plot Office worker Shoji Sugiyama (Ryō Ikebe) wakes and goes about his morning routine, attended by his wife, Masako (Chikage Awashima), before commuting to his job in the Tokyo office of a fire brick manufacturing company. During a hiking trip with office friends, Shoji spends time alone with a fellow worker, a typist nicknamed "Goldfish" for her large eyes (Keiko Kishi). After the trip Goldfish makes advances to Shoji and the two begin an affair. Masako suspects somethi ...
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Early Spring (1959 Film)
Early Spring can refer to: * ''Early Spring'' (1956 film), a Japanese film * ''Early Spring'' (1959 film), a South Korean film featuring Kang Hyo-shil * ''Early Spring'' (1986 film), a Danish film * Early Spring (painting), a hanging scroll painting by Guo Xi, completed in 1072 See also * Spring (other) Spring(s) may refer to: Common uses * Spring (season), a season of the year * Spring (device), a mechanical device that stores energy * Spring (hydrology), a natural source of water * Spring (mathematics), a geometric surface in the shape of a h ...

Kang Hyo-shil
Kang Hyo-shil (10 February 1932 – 2 November 1996) was a South Korean film and stage actress. Biography Kang was born in Pyongyang in 1932, now the capital of North Korea. Kang's parents were Kang Hong-shik, a noted singer, and actor during the Japanese occupation period of Korea and Jeon Ok, a noted actor known as "Queen of Tears", whose excellent acting as tragic heroines that evoked audiences to tears. Kang had a sister who later became a famous actress of North Korea after their parents divorced and went across to North Korea with her father. Kang graduated from Pyongyang Jeoil High School. As having watched her mother's acting, and trained by her mother, Kang was strongly influenced by Jeon Ok. In addition, Kang was more active on stage than in film, so she was referred to as a "characteristic actress" during her lifetime. While Kang debuted with a play performed at Pyongyang National Theatre in 1946 when 17 years old, she earnestly started her career as entered Theatre ...
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Early Spring (1986 Film)
''Early Spring'' ( da, Barndommens gade) is a 1986 Danish drama film directed by Astrid Henning-Jensen. It was entered into the 15th Moscow International Film Festival. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Tove Ditlevsen. Cast * Sofie Gråbøl as Ester * Carl Quist Møller as Carl * Vigga Bro as Ester's mother * Torben Jensen as Ester's father * Louise Fribo as Lisa (as Louise Fribo Eriksen) * Kirsten Lehfeldt as Frøken Thomsen (Miss Thomsen) * Else Petersen as Miss Thomsen's mother * Lene Vasegaard as the teacher (Lærerinden) * Benny Poulsen as the teacher ''Banana'' (Lærer 'bananen') * John Hahn-Petersen as Street Policeman (Gadebetjent) * Birgit Conradi as School Nurse (Skolesundhedsplejerske) * Margrethe Koytu Margret(h)e is an alternate spelling of the feminine given name Margaret. People so named include: * Margrete or Margaret I of Denmark (1353–1412), Queen of Denmark and Queen of Norway and Sweden by marriage * Margrethe II of Denmark (born ...
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Early Spring (painting)
''Early Spring'' is a hanging scroll painting by Guo Xi. Completed in 1072, it is one of the most famous works of Chinese art from the Song dynasty. The work demonstrates his innovative techniques for producing multiple perspectives which he called "the angle of totality." The poem in the upper right corner was added in 1759 by the Qianlong Emperor. It reads: See also *Culture of the Song dynasty The Song dynasty (960–1279 AD) was a culturally rich and sophisticated age for China. It saw great advancements in the visual arts, music, literature, and philosophy. Officials of the ruling bureaucracy, who underwent a strict and extensive exa ... ReferencesGuo Xi's ''Early Spring'' {{China-stub Song dynasty paintings ...
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