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I WAS BORN, BUT… (1975 review)
From Monthly Film Bulletin, February 1975 (Vol. 42, No. 493). — J.R. Umarete wa Mita Keredo (l Was Born, But . . .) Japan, 1932 Director: Yasujiro Ozu Yoshi moves with his wife and two sons, Ryoichi and Keiji, from Azabu to a Tokyo suburb, close to the home of the director of the company where he works. His sons are ostracized and persecuted by the other boys in the neighborhood; arriving late for school after Yoshi urges them to get high marks, they decide to play hooky and do their lessons in a nearby field, forging high marks on their papers which they bring home to show their father. But Yoshi is informed by Ryoichi’s teacher that they were absent from school, and makes sure that they attend the following day. After a delivery boy whom they befriend overpowers a bully who previously defeated Keiji, the boys are accepted as leaders by their local schoolmates. Yoshi’s boss screens home movies for his family and friends, including his son Taro, Yoshi, Ryoichi and Keiji; the latter two are horrified when they see Yoshi making faces and otherwise demeaning himself in the films to please his boss, and a family fight ensues after they and their father return home. Read more
From Monthly Film Bulletin, February 1975 (Vol. 42, No. 493). — J.R.
Umarete wa Mita Keredo (l Was Born, But . . .)
Japan, 1932 Director: Yasujiro Ozu
Yoshi moves with his wife and two sons, Ryoichi and Keiji, from
Azabu to a Tokyo suburb, close to the home of the director of the
company where he works. His sons are ostracized and persecuted
by the other boys in the neighborhood; arriving late for school
after Yoshi urges them to get high marks, they decide to play
hooky and do their lessons in a nearby field, forging high marks on
their papers which they bring home to show their father. But Yoshi
is informed by Ryoichi’s teacher that they were absent from school,
and makes sure that they attend the following day. After a delivery
boy whom they befriend overpowers a bully who previously
defeated Keiji, the boys are accepted as leaders by their local
schoolmates. Yoshi’s boss screens home movies for his family
and friends, including his son Taro, Yoshi, Ryoichi and Keiji;
the latter two are horrified when they see Yoshi making faces and
otherwise demeaning himself in the films to please his boss, and a
family fight ensues after they and their father return home. Read more
