The Brightest Days of My Life (1948)

Original title

わが生涯のかゞやける日

Directed by

Kōzaburō Yoshimura

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 41m

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

After World War II, a Japanese man tries to expose the crimes of powerful figures from the wartime regime. He faces suppression from both the occupation authorities and the local police.

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What happens

『わが生涯のかがやける日』（わがしょうがいのかがやけるひ）は、1948年（昭和23年）9月26日公開の日本映画である。松竹製作・配給。監督は吉村公三郎、脚本は新藤兼人。モノクロ、スタンダード、101分。 『安城家の舞踏会』『誘惑』に続いて吉村と新藤がコンビを組んだ作品。戦中から戦後の権力者の告発がテーマの作品だが、脚本段階でGHQから、完成後は検察庁からの検閲で大幅にカットされた。群衆場面には民衆芸術劇場の研究生であった垂水悟郎、大滝秀治、内藤武敏、奈良岡朋子らも出演していた。第22回キネマ旬報ベスト・テン第5位。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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