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Twenty-Four Eyes

Twenty-Four Eyes

1954 · 156 min · JA · 7.8 (69 votes)
Dir. Keisuke Kinoshita · Starring Hideko Takamine, Hideki Gôko, Itsuo Watanabe, Makoto Miyagawa, Takeo Terashita, Kunio Satô · Music Chūji Kinoshita
Drama

Schoolteacher Hisako Oishi struggles to imbue her students with a positive view of the world despite the fact that war is looming.

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A deeply moving, yet understated, look at a teacher's enduring spirit amidst hardship. It feels like a warm, bittersweet memory of a simpler time, tinged with the quiet dread of encroaching conflict.

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