| Description |
2 videodiscs (approximately 156 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (24 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm) |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 442.
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| System Details |
DVD ; NTSC ; Dobly digital monaural ; 1.33:1 aspect ratio, fullscreen. |
| Language |
Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
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Based on the novel by Sakae Tsuboi. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1954. |
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"New, restored high-definition digital transfer ... New and improved English subtitle translation"--Container. |
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Features: New video interview with Japanese cinema historian and critic Tadao Sato about the film and its director ; theatrical teasers ; a booklet featuring a new essay by film scholar Audie Bock and an excerpt from a 1955 interview with Kinoshita. |
| Cast |
Hideko Takamine, Shizue Natsukawa, Chishu Ryu, Kumeko Urabe, Hideyo (Eisei) Amamoto. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Hiroyuki Kusuda ; editor, Yoshi Sugiwara ; music, Chuji Kinoshita ; art direction, Kimihiko Nakamura. |
| Summary |
An elegant, emotional chronicle of a teacher's unwavering commitment to her students, her profession, and her sense of morality. It takes a simultaneously sober and sentimental look at the epic themes of aging, war, and death. |
| Subject |
Primary school teachers -- Japan -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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War widows -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Women teachers -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Teacher-student relationships -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Education -- Political aspects -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Inland Sea (Japan) -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Japan -- Social conditions -- 1926- -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Local Subject |
FOREIGN FILMS (JAPANESE), VIDEODISCS.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Kinoshita, Keisuke, 1912-1998.
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Kuwata, Ryotaro.
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Takamine, Hideko, 1924-2010.
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Natsukawa, Shizue, 1909-
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Ryū, Chishū, 1904-1993.
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Urabe, Kumeko, 1902-1989.
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Amamoto, Eisei, 1926-2003.
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Tsuboi, Sakae, 1900-1967.
Nijūshi no hitomi.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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Shōchiku Kabushiki Kaisha.
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Janus Films.
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| Note |
Japanese title: Nijushi no hitomi |
| Added Title |
Twenty-four eyes |
| ISBN |
1604650575 |
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9781604650570 |
| Standard No. |
715515031325 |
| Music No. |
CC1763D The Criterion Collection |
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