I Was Born, But... (Cine Fan)
Genre
SPECIAL PROGRAMME
Release Date
17 Mar 2024 (Sun)
Category
--- (HK), ---(Macau)
Running Time
91 Minutes
Language
Silent
Subtitle
Chinese and English
Director
Ozu Yasujiro
Cast
Saito Tatsuo, Yoshikawa Mitsuko, Sugawara Hideo, Tokkan Kozo
Synopsis
Moving to a new neighbourhood in the Tokyo suburbs with their parents, two brothers who are bullied by local kids struggle to emerge as the gang leaders. Angry and shaken to witness their mighty father playing jester to the boss, they throw a tantrum and go on a hunger strike. One of Ozu's most popular silent classics, it starts as a story about children and ends up with a film about grownups. Deftly capturing the city-suburb conflicts through the world of children’s play, Ozu turns a blithe yet poignant evocation of the tumult of childhood into an affecting portrait of the psychological toils of an ordinary family under worldwide financial depression.
Moving to a new neighbourhood in the Tokyo suburbs with their parents, two brothers who are bullied by local kids struggle to emerge as the gang leaders. Angry and shaken to witness their mighty father playing jester to the boss, they throw a tantrum and go on a hunger strike. One of Ozu's most popular silent classics, it starts as a story about children and ends up with a film about grownups. Deftly capturing the city-suburb conflicts through the world of children’s play, Ozu turns a blithe yet poignant evocation of the tumult of childhood into an affecting portrait of the psychological toils of an ordinary family under worldwide financial depression.
