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Sep 15, 1954
156 min
Full-HD

Twenty-Four Eyes (1954)

From 1928 to 1946, the lives of 12 young people and their school teacher in a poor Japanese village are profoundly affected by historical events and personal circumstances.

Category

Drama

Country

Japan

Companies

Shochiku

Hideko Takamine

Ôishi Sensei

Hideki Gôko

Isokichi Okada - Bunkyôjô Jidai

Itsuo Watanabe

Takeichi Takeshita - Bunkyôjô Jidai

Makoto Miyagawa

Kichiji Tokuda - Bunkyôjô Jidai

Takeo Terashita

Tadashi Morioka - Bunkyôjô Jidai

Kunio Satô

Nita Aizawa - Bunkyôjô Jidai

Chishū Ryū

Otoko Sensei

Yumeji Tsukioka

Masuno

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