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  • Actors: Hideki Goko, Hideko Takamine, Yukio Watanabe, Makoto Miyagawa, Takero Terashita
  • Directors: Keisuke Kinoshita
  • Writers: Keisuke Kinoshita, Sakae Tsuboi
  • Producers: Ryotaro Kuwata
  • Format: PAL
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: U
  • Studio: Eureka Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 20 Feb 2006
  • Run Time: 155 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000CS351Q
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 26,463 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Keisuke Kinoshita's Twenty-Four Eyes — which beat Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai as Kinema Junpo's Best Film of 1954 and won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film in 1955 — is one of Japan's most beloved films. In 1999 it was picked by Japanese critics as one of the ten best Japanese films of all time. Both a huge commercial and critical success, this deeply affecting anti-war film has, according to the critic Sato Tadao, "wrung more tears out of Japanese audiences than any other post-war film". Spanning a twenty-year period, Twenty-Four Eyes tells the story of a bright young teacher, Hisaki Oishi (Hideko Takamine), and the ongoing relationship she has with her first class of twelve children, charmingly played, at various stages of their lives, by non-professional local children and young adults. At first, although the aging schoolmaster (Chishu Ryu) recognizes her talent, Hisaki is mistrusted by the remote island community, however, soon both children and adults fall under the spell of this modern, headstrong, city-girl only to see the impending war irretrievably change their lives for good. Filming started in 1951 when America was embroiled in the Korean War and Japanese militarism was again on the rise. Twenty-Four Eyes came to redefine Japan's national identity with its cry for pacifism and its reverence for the innocence of youth. As cherished today as it was in 1954, this film is a sublime, emotionally affecting drama skilfully and gracefully directed by Keisuke Kinoshita. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present Twenty-Four Eyes for the first time on home video in the UK.

Special Features

• Newly restored high definition transfer • Optional English subtitles • Large production stills gallery • 20-page booklet with a new essay by Joan Mellen

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Exeptional film- wonderful music, 15 Sep 2006
This is one of the most representative films of the Japanese cinema of the 50s in which some important questions about the correctness of the war were expressed in a subdue and yet deep meaningful way.
Set on a small island off the cost of Japan in a costal village this is the story of a teacher and her 12 students from the late 20s to the late 40s.
The teacher gained the love and respect of her students not only because of her abilities as a teacher but also as a companion in the lives of her students either in happiness or sorrow.
She was able to represent in her thoughts and simple comments the doubts about the war, the value of life and the wisdom of peace.
This film has also shown the living conditions of the prewar Japan.
The backdrop of this remote rural countryside on a small island gave the director all the characters that he needed to create a film that became an honor to the hard working farmers and fishermen, a praise to poverty and dignity, an eulogy to simple things and their beauty.
Shot in Black and White with exceptional artistic abilities this film is able to show the colours of the countryside either these were the vivid green of the rice fields or the bright yellows of the rape flowers or the show white blossom of the cherry trees.
The role of the teacher is played exceptionally well by Hideko Takamine while the roles of the children were perfectly performed by local children.
One of the most important points of this film is the music.
Most of the songs sang in this film are today classics in their own right.
In most occasions related to schools and children, one can hear the same songs played again and again.
It is this very special music that accompanied this wonderful film that will add more emotions and in few cases tears in the eyes of the viewer.
A film that one must see again and again.

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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Evocative, 28 Sep 2006
By Hiro "Tokyoite" (West Hampstead, London) - See all my reviews

This is one of those films everyone wants to watch but most have not got round to doing it in Japan.

The film is so old that I (who is Japanese) needed to use English subtitles from time to time to understand the storyline fully. When I was watching the film, I felt like I was watching a foreign film as it is so different from modern Japan. It starts with a portrait of a good old peaceful country side in west Japan, but the dark shadow of the war creeps in...

It is a long film, and unless you are in the right mood you won't enjoy it. Set aside a rainy afternoon when you just want to curl up on a sofa with a nice drink to warm your hands to watch this one.

The main actress, Hideko Takamine, plays the heroin from her early 20s into late 40s. Imagine, this film was shot in 1954 - Takamine who was 30 years old at that time played 40-something without any help from special effects whatsoever. In one of her books, she recalls that she tried to express the age by mere her facial expressions and her posture.

Takamine is still very well and now mainly writes columns on travels, her life after retirement and cooking (her self-written biography won an equivalent of Booker Prize). She is happily married with a famous director who she met when she was filming Twenty-Four Eyes. And she is still in touch with the people who played the kids!
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2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Amazing film - poor remaster, 29 Oct 2007
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This film is trully a very touching movie, with beautiful characters, a very good storyline and a matching soundtrack. I watched the movie without any prior expectations/knowledge of what I would see and I was trully stuck to my armchair until the end. On that level, I fully recommend it and it would definitely get 5 stars. If only...

... the picture and sound were better. Much better, in fact. You see, for a Eureka Masters of Cinema series, I would expect the picture quality to be much better. And I am not mentioning this from the point of view of the person who hates black & white or old movies - not at all. Being a movie fanatic, I have seen many old films in black & white and from various studios & sources (e.g. Criterion collection) and I am quite accustomed with them. To that extent, the picture of this edition is definitely below par and unfortunately for me, this was quite noticeable, which somewhat spoiled the experience. Luckily, the plot is very gripping and perhaps (...) after a while you do not notice it. But I would definitely like to see a better remaster for this movie (& buy it as well!).

Overall, great movie but be prepared for a below par picture.
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