Childhood Days
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Directed byMasahiro Shinoda
Screenplay byTaichi Yamada
Based onThe Long Road
by Hyozo Kashiwabara
by Hyozo Kashiwabara
Produced byMotoo Abiko
| Childhood Days | |
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| Directed by | Masahiro Shinoda |
| Screenplay by | Taichi Yamada |
| Based on | The Long Road by Hyozo Kashiwabara |
| Produced by | Motoo Abiko |
| Starring | Tetsuya Fujita Yuji Horioka |
| Cinematography | Tatsuo Suzuki |
| Edited by | Chizuko Osada |
| Music by | Shin'ichirō Ikebe |
Production company | Childhood Days Production Committee |
| Distributed by | Toho |
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Running time | 117 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Childhood Days (Japanese: 少年時代, Hepburn: Shōnen jidai), also known as Takeshi - Childhood Days, is a 1990 Japanese film directed by Masahiro Shinoda. It was chosen as Best Film at the 14th Japan Academy Prize ceremony.[1] It is based on two sources: the novel The Long Road by Hyozo Kashiwabara, and a manga adaptation of the novel by Fujiko Fujio.
The film is a story of childhood life during wartime Japan. Takeshi, the intelligent son of a fisherman, is the schoolyard bully.
When his cousin comes to stay with his family to avoid bombing raids, Takeshi at first treats him well then begins bullying him, too. Takeshi eventually loses his position of leadership.
Cast
- Tetsuya Fujita[2] as Shinji Kazama
- Yuji Horioka[3] as Takeshi Ohara
- Katsuhisa Yamazaki[4] as Futoshi Tanabe
- Kensuke Sudo as Minako Saiki
- Shima Iwashita as Shizue Kazama
- Toshiyuki Hosokawa as Shusaku Kazama
- Choichiro Kawarazaki as Tatsuo Kazama
- Kazuyo Mita as Shige Kazama
- Nobuko Sendo as Akiko Tanabe
- Mitsue Suzuki as Maki Kazama
- Shinsuke Ashida as principal
- Hideji Otaki as stationmaster
- Kyosen Ohashi as photographer
