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A Balasaur Score of 85 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%, Metacritic 91/100. Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 96% of the 228 1930s comedy movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do.
155 audience votes
Key crew
- Yasujirō OzuDirector
- Geibei IbushiyaWriter
- Akira FushimiWriter
Cast
- Tatsuo SaitōYoshi
- Tomio AokiKeiji
- Mitsuko YoshikawaHaha
- Hideo SugawaraRyoichi
- Takeshi SakamotoJuuyaku
- Teruyo HayamiFujin
- Seiichi KatôKodomo
- Shoichi KofujitaDelivery Boy
- Seiji NishimuraTeacher
- Zentaro IijimaFriend
- Shôtarô FujimatsuFriend
- Masao HayamaFriend
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