Late Spring
The most obvious variation of "Late Spring" in Ozu's own work is "Late Autumn", which deals again with a daughter who reacts negatively to the (false) rumor of the remarriage of a parent—this time a mother (Setsuko Hara) rather than a father—and ultimately gets married herself. One scholar refers to this film as "a version of "Late Spring".", while another describes it as "a revision of "Late Spring", with Akiko (played by Hara, the daughter in the earlier film) taking the father's role." Other Ozu films also contain plot elements first established by the 1949 film, though somewhat altered. For example, the 1958 film "Equinox Flower" ("Higanbana"), the director's first ever in color, focuses on a marriageable daughter, though as one scholar points out, the plot is a "reversal" of "Late Spring" in that the father at first opposes his daughter's marriage.