Twenty-Four Eyes (1954)
- Original title
- 二十四の瞳
- Directed by
- Keisuke Kinoshita
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 2h 36m
- Rating
- 7.7 of 10 from 92 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.
How it feels
A young schoolteacher moves to a small island village in Japan to teach twelve first graders. She stays with them through years of hardship and war, watching them grow up and face difficult changes.
melancholicpoignanttenderbittersweetslow-pacedemotionally resonantgentlereflective
What happens
Twenty-Four Eyes (Japanese: 二十四の瞳, Hepburn: Nijū-shi no Hitomi) is a 1954 Japanese drama film directed by Keisuke Kinoshita, based on the 1952 novel of the same name by Sakae Tsuboi. The film stars Hideko Takamine as a young schoolteacher who lives during the rise and fall of Japanese nationalism in the early Shōwa period, and has been noted for its anti-war theme. Twenty-Four Eyes was released in Japan by Shochiku on 15 September 1954, where it received generally positive reviews and was a commercial success. It received numerous awards, including the Blue Ribbon Award, the Mainichi Film Award and the Kinema Junpo Award for Best Film of 1954, and the Golden Globe Award. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Crucified Lovers (1954)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.