I Was Born, But...
Otona no miru ehon - Umarete wa mita keredo
1932, Film, 90 min, Comedy, Drama, Japanese, Japan, MoviePedia score 72
Brothers Keiji and Ryoichi move to a new neighborhood in the Tokyo suburbs after their father, an office clerk, is promoted. The boys join the local gang as lowly new kids and emerge as natural leaders after defeating a bully. While visiting the home of their father's boss, the brothers witness the ridicule their father endures to please his superior. Angry and embarrassed, the boys find their naive ideas about power being challenged.
Directed by Yasujirō Ozu
Cast
- Tatsuo Saitō as Yoshi
- Tomio Aoki as Keiji
- Mitsuko Yoshikawa as Yoshi's Wife
- Hideo Sugawara as Ryōichi
- Takeshi Sakamoto as Executive Iwasaki
- Teruyo Hayami as Iwasaki's Wife
- Seiichi Katō as Tarō
- Shōichi Kofujita as Delivery Boy
- Seiji Nishimura as Teacher
- Zentarō Iijima as Friend
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