Nijushi no hitomi aka Twenty-four Eyes (Keisuke Kinoshita 1954)

☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ Directed by Keisuke Kinoshita, adapted from the novel by Sakae Tsuboi. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047281/ An IMDB review: An incredible tour through Japanese history., 21 August 2001 10/10 "Years might go by, but the mountain colour never change." This movie is an excellent work of art by Keisuke Kinoshita. It starts off with a new teacher being assigned to teach the first grade in a poor village. She is initially rejected from the community, and is gossiped about constantly. However the students she teaches fall in love with her style. One of her tasks is to teach the children to sing. However, instead of teaching school songs or patriotic songs, she teaches them folk songs. Misfortune strikes and she is forced to leave the school, but not before she makes a lasting impression on the children. They will see her again, as a teacher, but not for another five years. From these humble beginnings a rich story about the poor in Japan before, during, and after World War 2 is shown. We get to know all twelve children ("24 eyes") in the movie, and eventually learn about their fates as adults. We see the equivalent of the "Red Scare" in Japan, and the saddening events caused by World War 2. Although overdramatic, the feelings still feel genuine and even the hardest of people will not be able to resist shedding a tear or two over the fates of the children you grow to love. I can only ask you to watch the full 3 hours. That is the only way one can truly appreciate the beauty of this film. There is nothing else to be said. ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ My rip from DVD, courtesy of the university library. DIVX avi file. B/W. My first upload, so feel free to leave any helpful comments. And please, please seed what you download. Peace☆ ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ FreakyFlicks is a free and open community dedicated to preserving and sharing cinematic art in the digital era. Our goal is to disseminate such works of art to the widest audience possible through the channels provided by P2P technology. The FreakyFlicks collection is limited to those films that have played an exceptional role in the history of cinema and its progression in becoming a great art. Films that are usually described as classic, cult, arthouse and avant-garde. If you have films that fit this description feel free to share them and participate in our community. All you need do is include this tag in your upload and join us at the forum to announce your release. http://freakyflicks.proboards54.com/ 'If we all seed just 1:1, give at least what we take, this torrent will NEVER DIE'

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LezDawson (2009-01-31)

Thanks for upping, my friend. Can you please advise: is this the Criterion remaster? There's a bad 700MB rip of that (far too small for a 2.5 hour film), so if this is also Criterion, then good job!

Retour_a_la_Normale (2009-01-31)

Hi Mr. Dawson
I actually ripped it almost three years ago, so I can't recall if it was the Criterion version or not...
But the quality's not bad at all for a film that's over 50 years old...

heronoyes (2013-08-03)

It's been almost a week and this still hasn't finished downloading. I hope it is worth it.

heronoyes (2013-08-04)

AV: 10
Keep in mind though I watched this on a mobile. This film is so much worth it. I'll be getting the Criterion edition.
LezDawson it runs 2 hours and 36 minutes, it isn't 720p or above but yeah, I think it is the dvd edition.
Thanks uploader!