Takeshi: Childhood Days

1990 1h 59m JA

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7.5

BANGER

★7.5TMDB · 11

Drama

Synopsis

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A city boy, Shinji, is sent to live in the countryside to escape the Tokyo bombings, where he experiences the complexities of rural school life, including a power struggle with the local class leader, Takeshi.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Tetsuya Fujita
Shinji Kazama
Yuji Horioka
Takeshi Ohara
Kazuyo Mita
Kazama Shige (Aunt of Shinji)
Katsuhisa Yamazaki
Futoshi Tanabe
Noritake Kobinata
Kensuke Sudo
Atsuko Koyama
Minako Saiki
Shima Iwashita
Shizue Kazama (Shinji's mother)
Toshiyuki Hosokawa
Shusaku Kazama (Shinji's father)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Masahiro Shinoda
Writers: Taichi Yamada
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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36 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Masahiro Shinoda, shot by Tatsuo Suzuki. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Shinichiro Ikebe. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Chizuko Osada shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Tetsuya Fujita and Yuji Horioka and Kazuyo Mita carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0175527 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 11 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Masahiro Shinoda directs. Tatsuo Suzuki behind the camera. Shinichiro Ikebe scores. Chizuko Osada cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

136 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Directed by Masahiro Shinoda, shot by Tatsuo Suzuki. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Shinichiro Ikebe. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Chizuko Osada shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Tetsuya Fujita and Yuji Horioka and Kazuyo Mita carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0175527 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 11 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
8Classified under 10 themes, including "based on novel or book", "world war ii", "bullying", "coming of age".