Twenty-four eyes (DVD) [videorecording] / Shochiku Co. ; Janus Films ; a Keisuke Kinoshita film ; written and directed by Keisuke Kinoshita ; produced by Ryotaro Kuwata.
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[videorecording] / Shochiku Co. ; Janus Films ; a Keisuke Kinoshita film ; written and directed by Keisuke Kinoshita ; produced by Ryotaro Kuwata.
Title from container. Hideko Takamine, Shizue Natsukawa, Chishu Ryu, Kumeko Urabe, Hideyo (Eisei) Amamoto. Based on the novel by Sakae Tsuboi. Originally released as a motion picture in 1954. "New, restored high-definition digital transfer ... New and improved English subtitle translation"--Container. 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.
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.
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