Night School

1956 0h 44m JA

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10.0

MASTERPIECE

★10.0TMDB · 1

Drama

Synopsis

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Senta lives with his mother and little brother and supports them by working at day at a factory and attending eighth grade in the evening. One day he finds a letter on his desk, left by Ryohei, a day school student who has lost his pencil case and asks his night-school counterpart to return it…

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Teiji Takahashi
Day time teacher
Keiju Kobayashi
Night time teacher
Yōichi Numata
(uncredited)
Michiyo Kogure
Senta's mother (uncredited)
Okinari Yoshioka
Senta
Takeshi Ando
Ryohei
Saburō Bōya
Train passenger (uncredited)
Norihei Miki
Train passenger (uncredited)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Ishirō Honda
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 44-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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70 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 6

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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CAST

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Teiji Takahashi and Keiju Kobayashi and Yōichi Numata carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0049551 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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6 / 6

WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Ishirō Honda directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 44-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
270 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Teiji Takahashi and Keiju Kobayashi and Yōichi Numata carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt0049551 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.