Being Two Isn't Easy
1962 film
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Being Two Isn't Easy (私は二歳, Watashi wa nisai; lit. I am two) is a 1962 color Japanese comedy film directed by Kon Ichikawa.[2] It was Japan's submission to the 35th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.[3][4]
Directed byKon Ichikawa
Written byMichio Matsuda (novel)
Natto Wada (writer)
Natto Wada (writer)
Produced byHidemasa Nagata
StarringEiji Funakoshi
Fujiko Yamamoto
Fujiko Yamamoto
| Being Two Isn't Easy | |
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| Directed by | Kon Ichikawa |
| Written by | Michio Matsuda (novel) Natto Wada (writer) |
| Produced by | Hidemasa Nagata |
| Starring | Eiji Funakoshi Fujiko Yamamoto |
| Cinematography | Setsuo Kobayashi |
| Edited by | Yonesaburō Tsukiji |
| Music by | Yasushi Akutagawa |
| Distributed by | Daiei Film |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Style
Ichikawa utilized the screen personas of popular stars Fujiko Yamamoto (glamorous, restrained) and Eiji Funakoshi (hapless, self-conscious) to make the child's independence and frequent endangerment believable.[5] The director contrasts Chiyo's well-coiffed, reactive approach to motherhood by shooting Misako Watanabe as her sister-in-law in a sensuous, intimate manner as she bathes her own newborn.[5]
Cast
- Hiro Suzuki as Taro, the baby
- Eiji Funakoshi as Goro, the father
- Fujiko Yamamoto as Chiyo, the mother
- Kumeko Urabe as Ino, grandmother
- Misako Watanabe as Setsuko, the aunt
- Masako Kyôzuka as Chiyo's sister
- Mantarō Ushio as Laundry Man
- Kyōko Kishida as Chiyo's Friend
- Shirô Ôtsuji as Doctor
- Jun Hamamura as Older Doctor
- Akira Natsuki as Doctor at Hospital
