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Twenty-Four Eyes

2025影展

P 6 +

KINOSHITA Keisuke
Japan
DCP
1954
Black and white
157min

Nominees and Awards

★ 2009 Kinema Junpo's Top 200 Japanese Films of All Time
★ 1954 Kinema Junpo's Top 10 Japanese Films

Synopsis

In 1928, a new teacher arrives in a small seaside town. Progressive and open-minded, she attempts to instill those same values in her students, even as the dark clouds of Japanese militarism start to affect so many aspects of daily life. Kinoshita’s film follows the teacher and her charges (the “twenty-four eyes” who were her students) for 24 years, into the postwar era, chronicling their struggles, joys, sorrows, and hopes for the future.

◎ This film is presented in collaboration with the Kaohsiung Film Festival, the Japan–Taiwan Exchange Association Kaohsiung Office, and the Japan Foundation.

Team

Director

KINOSHITA Keisuke

KINOSHITA Keisuke (1912-1998) joined Shochiku studio in 1933 as an assistant cinematographer. After making his directorial debut in 1943 with Port of Flowers, he directed Carmen Comes Home, Twenty-Four Eyes, and The Ballad Of Narayama, making him one of the important directors who built the Japanese film industry.

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