Eclipse Series 10: SILENT OZU -- THREE FAMILY COMEDIES: OZU, Yasujiro: I Was Born, But . . . (1932)

OZU, Yasujiro (Japan)
I Was Born, But . . . [1932]
Eclipse Series 10
DVD


One of Ozu's most popular films, I Was Born, But . . . is a blithe portrait of the financial and psychological toils of one family, as told from the rascally point of view of a couple of stubborn little boys. For these two brothers, the daily grind of bullies and mean teachers is nothing next to the mortification they feel when they come to understand their good-natured father's low-rung social status. Reworked by Ozu decades later as the Technicolor comedy Good Morning, this poignant evocation of childhood tumult is also a showcase for Ozu's expert comic timing.

90 minutes
Black & White
Silent
Japanese Intertitles
1:33:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2008
Director/Writer



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