Twenty-Four Eyes

Sep 15, 1954

2h 36m

★ 7.7

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Shochiku

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Cast

Ôishi Sensei

Hideko Takamine

Isokichi Okada - Bunkyôjô Jidai

Hideki Gôko

Takeichi Takeshita - Bunkyôjô Jidai

Itsuo Watanabe

Kichiji Tokuda - Bunkyôjô Jidai

Makoto Miyagawa

Tadashi Morioka - Bunkyôjô Jidai

Takeo Terashita

Nita Aizawa - Bunkyôjô Jidai

Kunio Satô

Otoko Sensei

Chishū Ryū

Masuno

Yumeji Tsukioka

Isokichi

Takahiro Tamura

Sanae

Toshiko Kobayashi

Matsue

Kuniko Igawa

Ôishi Sensei no Haha

Shizue Natsukawa

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7.5

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6.7

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6.3

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7.0

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0.0

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7.5

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5.7

The Migrants

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6.5

The Bricklayers

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0.0

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4.3

High School Fleet Movie

Jan 18, 2020

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0.0

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7.0

Elephant

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7.1

Across the Universe

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6.7

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6.2

The Coachman

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7.3

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7.2

Masculin Féminin

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