Yasujirô Ozu - 4 Film Collection (The Student Comedies) - 2-DVD Set ( Wakaki hi / Rakudai wa shitakeredo / Shukujo to hige / Seishun no yume imaizuko ) ( Days of Youth / I Flunked, But… / The Lady and the Beard / Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth? )

Yasujirô Ozu - 4 Film Collection (The Student Comedies) - 2-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Wakaki hi / Rakudai wa shitakeredo / Shukujo to hige / Seishun no yume imaizuko
Alternate Title: Days of Youth / I Flunked, But… / The Lady and the Beard / Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Japanese ( Subtitles )
Silent ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
72 min + 82 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Short Film
Black & White
Booklet

Movie filmed in 1929 - 1932 and produced in:
Japan ( India, Eastern Asia )

Directed By:
Yasujiro Ozu

Written By:
Akira Fushimi
Yasujiro Ozu
Komatsu Kitamura
Kôgo Noda

Actors:
Ichirô Yuki ..... Bin Watanabe
Tatsuo Saitô ..... Shuichi Yamamoto
Junko Matsui ..... Chieko
Shin'ichi Himori ..... Student
Chishu Ryu ..... Chieko's aunt
Chôko Iida ..... Hanayama
Ichirô Okuni ..... Teacher
Takeshi Sakamoto
Nobuko Wakaba
Hisao Yoshitani
Tatsuo Saitô ..... Student
Kaoru Futaba ..... Landlady
Kinuyo Tanaka ..... Cafe's waitress
Tomio Aoki ..... Landlady's son
Hiroshi Mikura ..... Teacher
Ichirô Okuni ..... Class mate
Chishu Ryu ..... Student
Kenji Satome ..... Student
Tokio Seki
Ichirô Tsukida
Hiroo Wakabayashi
Fusao Yamada
Goro Yokoyama
Debuo Yôko
Tokihiko Okada ..... Kiichi Okajima
Hiroko Kawasaki ..... Hiroko, Typist
Chôko Iida ..... Sono haha (Hiroko's mother)
Satoko Date ..... Furyou, Modern Girl (Satoko)
Ichirô Tsukida ..... Teruo Yukimoto
Toshiko Iizuka ..... Sono imouto, Ikuko (Teruo's younger sister)
Mitsuko Yoshikawa ..... Sono haha (Teruo's mother)
Tatsuo Saitô ..... Teki no taishou
Takeshi Sakamoto ..... Karei (a butler)
Sotaro Okada ..... Shachou
Yasuo Nanjo ..... Kanemochi no mobo (Rich modern boy)
Ayako Katsuragi ..... Sono haha
Ureo Egawa ..... Tetsuo Horino
Kinuyo Tanaka ..... Shigeko, bakery assistant
Tatsuo Saitô ..... Taichiro Saiki
Haruo Takeda ..... Kenzo Horino
Ryôtarô Mizushima ..... Kanzo, the uncle
Kenji Oyama ..... Kumada
Chishu Ryu ..... Shimazaki
Takeshi Sakamoto ..... College Janitor
Chôko Iida ..... Saiki's Mother
Ayako Katsuragi ..... Mrs. Yamamura
Satoko Date ..... Rich girl
Kaoru Futaba ..... Nanny

Synopsis:

Master Japanese director Yasujiro Ozu (Tokyo Story) is revered for his unique and poetic style. This 2-disc set brings together all of his surviving early student-genre comedies for the first time.

Days Of Youth (Wakaki Hi) - 1929
Ozu's earliest surviving film follows students Watanabe and Yamamoto as they unknowingly compete for the same girl.

I Flunked, But... (Rakudai Wa Shita Keredo) - 1930
Takahashi finds a creative way to avoid doing his revision in this roguish comedy reminiscent of Harold Lloyd's The Freshman.

The Lady And The Beard (Shukujo To Hige) - 1931
Graduate Okajima finds his old-fashioned beard makes life difficult in a comedy exploring the tension between tradition and modernity.

Where Now Are The Dreams Of Youth? (Seishun No Yume Ima Izuko) - 1932
Ozu's long-term collaborator Kogo Noda scripts a subtle shift from light to dark as Hirano's carefree college life is marred by tragedy.

Master Japanese director Yasujiro Ozu (Tokyo Story) has been revered all over the world for the unique and poetic style of his films. This 2-disc set brings together all of his surviving early student-genre comedies on DVD for the first time. The collection features the following four films: Days of Youth, I Flunked, But..., The Lady and the Beard, and Where now are the Dreams of Youth as well as the surviving fragment of Ozu's early student comedy I Graduated, But...

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 15 September, 2012.

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