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Release Date:
3 June 1932 (Japan) morePlot:
Two young brothers become the leaders of a gang of kids in their neighborhood. Their father is an office... more | add synopsisAwards:
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Tatsuo Saito | ... | Chichi (Father, Yoshi) |
| Tomio Aoki | ... | Keiji (as Tokkan-Kozou) |
| Mitsuko Yoshikawa | ... | Haha (Yoshi's Wife) |
| Hideo Sugawara | ... | Chounan (Older Son) |
| Takeshi Sakamoto | ... | Juuyaku (Iwasaki, Executive) |
| Teruyo Hayami | ... | Fujin (Iwasaki's wife) |
| Seiichi Kato | ... | Kodomo (Taro) |
| Shoichi Kofujita | ... | Kozou (Delivery boy) |
| Seiji Nishimura | ... | Sensei (Teacher) |
| Zentaro Iijima | ... | Asobi nakama (Friend) |
| Shôtarô Fujimatsu | ... | Asobi nakama (Friend) |
| Masao Hayama | ... | Asobi nakama (Friend) |
| Michio Sato | ... | Asobi nakama (Friend) |
| Kuniyasu Hayashi | ... | Asobi nakama (Friend) |
| Akio Nomura | ... | Asobi nakama (Friend) |
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Children of Tokyo (USA)I Was Born, But... (International: English title)
Umarete wa mita keredo (Japan) (short title)
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100 minCountry:
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I reckon this film to be Ozu's best work, although he is well-known for his "Tokyo Story" (which is also magnificent). This is a satirical comedy about human relations. Ozu brilliantly contrasts children's world with adult one. The child actors make splendid performance, entirely different from the players who show wooden faces in the works of Ozu's later years. The children in this movie are innocent and casual. Ozu is often thought to be a serious artist but he is a gag man by nature. He scatters various gags over the film, tactfully handling the child actors. I really admire his comic sense. Yet the trenchant irony underlies the story. Two brothers are outraged by their father for his clownish and subservient actions in his office. However, they finally understand and accept the hierarchy in the adult world. In a way this is a story of their growth but at the same time it is very sad that they lose their innocence.