#Shukichi Somiya

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Happiness isn't something you wait around for. It's something you create yourself.

Shukichi Somiya, Late Spring (1949)

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300 Favorite Performances: #200-191

Welcome to the top 200!

200. Liv Ullmann, as “Kristina Nilsson,” in The Emigrants (dir. Jan Troell, 1971)

199. Robert Donat, as “Richard Hannay,” in The 39 Steps (dir. Alfred Hitchcock, 1935)

198. Fernanda Montenegro, as “Dora,” in Central Station (dir. Walter Salles, 1998)

197. Colin Farrell, as “Ray,” in In Bruges (dir. Martin McDonagh, 2008)

196. Chishu Ryu, as “Shukichi Somiya,” in Late Spring (dir. Yasujiro Ozu, 1949)

195. Madeline Kahn, as “Mrs. White,” in Clue (dir. Jonathan Lynn, 1985)

194. Christian Bale, as “Patrick Bateman,” in American Psycho (dir. Mary Harron, 2000)

193. Cary Grant, as “Dr. David Huxley,” in Bringing Up Baby (dir. Howard Hawks, 1938)

192. Gary Lewis, as “Jackie Elliot,” in Billy Elliot (dir. Stephen Daldry, 2000)

191. Glenda Jackson, as “Gudrun Brangwen,” in Women in Love (dir. Ken Russell, 1969)

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Late Spring (1949) 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.