Twenty-Four Eyes Movie Review 1954

Miss Oishi (Takamine), a teacher on a remote Japanese island in the 1920s, attempts to transmit peaceful values to her 12 pupils amidst the clamor of a nation gearing up for war. As she watches them grow up, many of them doomed to an early death, she remains a pillar of quiet strength. In Japanese with English subtitles.

Distribution

Available on VHS
Running time 158 minutes.
Originally from Japanese.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Japan, Period Piece: 1920s, School Daze, Dedicated Teachers

Cast

Hideko Takamine, Chishu Ryu, Toshiko Kobayashi

Director

Keisuke Kinoshita