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7.9/10   1,200 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Akira Fushimi (scenario)
Geibei Ibushiya (adaptation)
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Release Date:
3 June 1932 (Japan) more
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Plot:
Two young brothers become the leaders of a gang of kids in their neighborhood. Their father is an office... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
User Reviews:
What a treasure!! more (13 total)

Cast

  (in credits order)
Tatsuo Saito ... Chichi
Tomio Aoki ... Keiji (as Tokkan-Kozou)
Mitsuko Yoshikawa ... Haha (Yoshi's Wife)
Hideo Sugawara ... Ryoichi
Takeshi Sakamoto ... Juuyaku (Iwasaki, Executive)
Teruyo Hayami ... Fujin (Iwasaki's wife)
Seiichi Kato ... Kodomo (Taro)
Shoichi Kofujita ... Kozou (Delivery boy)
Seiji Nishimura ... Sensei (Teacher)
Zentaro Iijima ... Asobi nakama (Friend)
Shôtarô Fujimatsu ... Asobi nakama (Friend)
Masao Hayama ... Asobi nakama (Friend)
Michio Sato ... Asobi nakama (Friend)
Kuniyasu Hayashi ... Asobi nakama (Friend)
Akio Nomura ... Asobi nakama (Friend)
Teruaki Ishiwatari ... Asobi nakama (Friend)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Chishû Ryû ... (uncredited)
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Directed by
Yasujiro Ozu 
 
Writing credits
Akira Fushimi (scenario)

Geibei Ibushiya (adaptation)

Yasujiro Ozu (idea) (as James Maki)

Original Music by
Donald Sosin 
 
Cinematography by
Hideo Shigehara 
 
Film Editing by
Hideo Shigehara 
 
Art Direction by
Yoshiro Kimura 
Takejiro Tsunoda 
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Kenkichi Hara .... assistant director
Akira Kiyosuke .... assistant director
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Yuuharu Atsuta .... assistant camera
Masao Irie .... assistant cinematographer
Toshimitsu Nakajima .... lighting engineer
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
A Picture Book for Grown-ups: I was Born, But... (Japan: English title) (long title)
Children of Tokyo (USA)
I Was Born, But... (International: English title)
Umarete wa mita keredo (Japan) (short title)
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Runtime:
100 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
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Featured in 100 Years of Japanese Cinema (1994) (TV) more

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7 out of 7 people found the following review useful.
What a treasure!!, 15 February 2004
Author: ketchkev from Portland, Oregon

I am so glad that I ran into this movie. It left such an impression on me. The way it ended was so suprising. The boy's father was such a nice guy, and how that boy could be ashamed of him like that was really something else. It just left me in tears in the end of the movie. It makes me realize what our parents had to do to make a good living, even if it takes having to sell out your pride. His father did it because he loved his family. There is a lesson to be learned in this, and I would recommend this film in a heartbeat!

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