And Yet We Live (1951)

Original title

どっこい生きてる

Directed by

Tadashi Imai

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 42m

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 4 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

A family of day laborers struggles with poverty and hunger. They fight to rise from despair and rebuild their lives.

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What happens

『どっこい生きてる』は、1951年（昭和26年）7月7日公開の日本映画。新星映画社・前進座製作、北星映画配給。監督は今井正。モノクロ、スタンダード、102分。 日雇い労働者の一家の食うや食わずの生活と絶望から再起に向けた格闘を描いた作品で、ヴィットリオ・デ・シーカ監督『自転車泥棒』など、ネオレアリズモの作品の影響が色濃く反映したものとなっている。今井監督の初の独立プロ作品で、1口50円の出資者を募集して、400万円の製作費で作られた。第25回キネマ旬報ベスト・テン第5位。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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