The read
A Balasaur Score of 74 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes 60%. Audiences rate it 19 points higher than critics do. It runs long at 2h 36m.
Synopsis
From 1928 to 1946, the lives of 12 young people and their school teacher in a poor Japanese village are profoundly affected by historical events and personal circumstances.
Ratings
IMDb7.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes60%
Audiences rate it 19 points higher than critics do.
94 audience votes
Key crew
- Keisuke KinoshitaDirector
- Keisuke KinoshitaScreenplay
- Chūji KinoshitaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Hideko TakamineÔishi Sensei
- Hideki GôkoIsokichi Okada - Bunkyôjô Jidai
- Itsuo WatanabeTakeichi Takeshita - Bunkyôjô Jidai
- Makoto MiyagawaKichiji Tokuda - Bunkyôjô Jidai
- Takeo TerashitaTadashi Morioka - Bunkyôjô Jidai
- Kunio SatôNita Aizawa - Bunkyôjô Jidai
- Chishū RyūOtoko Sensei
- Yumeji TsukiokaMasuno
- Takahiro TamuraIsokichi
- Toshiko KobayashiSanae
- Kuniko IgawaMatsue
- Shizue NatsukawaÔishi Sensei no Haha
Stills
Movies like Twenty-Four Eyes
Themes
patriotismbus ridesecond sino-japanese war (1937-45)schoolblindpovertyanti warschoolteachersnareclass reunion