Being Two Isn't Easy
Being Two Isn't Easy (私は二歳, Watashi wa nisai) is a 1962 color Japanese comedy film directed by Kon Ichikawa. 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.[2][3]
| Being Two Isn't Easy | |
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| Directed by | Kon Ichikawa |
| Written by | Michio Matsuda (novel) Natto Wada (writer) |
| Starring | Eiji Funakoshi Fujiko Yamamoto |
| Distributed by | Daiei Film |
Release date |
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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.[4] 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.[4]
Cast
- Hiro Suzuki as Taro, the baby
- Eiji Funakoshi as Goro, the father
- Fujiko Yamamoto as Chiyo
- 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
See also
- List of submissions to the 35th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Japanese submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
- "私は二歳" (in Japanese). jmdb.ne.jp. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
- "List of Japanese films nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film" (in Japanese). Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. Archived from the original on 22 June 2008. Retrieved 22 June 2008.
- Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- Russell, Catherine (2001). Cinematheque Ontario: Kon Ichikawa. Indiana University Press. pp. 257–259. ISBN 0968296939.
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