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I Was Born, But...
Directed by
Yasujirō Ozu
Not Rated
1932
1h 31m
Comedy
,
Drama
7.8
100%
89%
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Two young brothers throw a tantrum when they discover that their father isn't the most important man in his workplace.
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Where to Watch I Was Born, But...
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Cast of I Was Born, But...
Tatsuo Saitō
Yoshi
Tomio Aoki
Keiji
Mitsuko Yoshikawa
Haha
Hideo Sugawara
Ryoichi
Takeshi Sakamoto
Juuyaku
Teruyo Hayami
Fujin
Seiichi Katô
Kodomo
Shoichi Kofujita
Delivery Boy
Seiji Nishimura
Teacher
Zentaro Iijima
Friend
Shôtarô Fujimatsu
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Masao Hayama
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Kuniyasu Hayashi
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Akio Nomura
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Teruaki Ishiwatari
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I Was Born, But... Ratings & Reviews
Psychocinematography
Pieter-Jan Van Haecke
I Was Born But, …is not only an important cinematic historical document, but an experience that can still be enjoyed by the contemporary spectator.
48 Hills
Dennis Harvey
A well-established classic...
Vague Visages
Jeremy Carr
If Ozu has taught us anything, it's that life doesn't get any easier. But life does go on.
The New Yorker
Anthony Lane
[I Was Born, But . . .] is a master class -- one of the [Ozu's] earliest -- in the art of distilling emotional intensity from quiet lives.
CinePassion
Fernando F. Croce
Expresses the ideal vantage for surveying the joys and banalities of youthful and adult existence
LarsenOnFilm
Josh Larsen
A charming, genial satire that touches on a bitter truth...
Combustible Celluloid
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A masterpiece, and one of Ozu's three or four greatest works.
NYC Movie Guru
Avi Offer
An amusing, well-acted and intelligent slice of social commentary.
Slate
Dana Stevens
Ozu's movie is also smart at levels almost too subtle to discern, perhaps not so much smart as wise.
New York Times
A.O. Scott
One of those silent black-and-white old movies that makes the subsequent advances in the medium look redundant.
Village Voice
Nick Schager
The film retains a measure of tempered hope, born not simply from the father's command-cum-wish to his slumbering offspring but also from a final act of youthful compassion that binds Ozu's intensely human characters in glass-half-full solidarity.
Filmcritic.com
Don Willmott
Sociology and history aside, I Was Born, But%u2026 is also a romp and never loses its sense of humor.
Turner Classic Movies Online
Sean Axmaker
Behind the deft comedy and spirited performances of the two boys is a rather somber engagement with the compromises adults make to the demands of the social order.
Old School Reviews
John A. Nesbit
goes beyond the genre by offering subtle social criticism%u2014a first in Japanese cinema
eye WEEKLY
Jason Anderson
A delightful silent film about two young brothers whose family moves to a new town.
F5 (Wichita, KS)
Jake Euker
Charming early Ozu.
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
One of Yasujiro Ozu's most sublime films.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
This splendid example of a salaryman's film is the first great film of the master's.
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