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I Was Born, But...

I Was Born, But...

1932 · Comedy · movie7.77 ratings

Brothers Keiji and Ryoichi move to a new neighborhood in the Tokyo suburbs after their father, an office clerk, is promoted. The boys join the local gang as lowly new kids and emerge as natural leaders after defeating a bully. While visiting the home of their father's boss, the brothers witness the ridicule their father endures to please his superior. Angry and embarrassed, the boys find their naive ideas about power being challenged.

in 18 passports

cast

Tatsuo Saitō

Tatsuo Saitō

Yoshi

Tomio Aoki

Tomio Aoki

Keiji

Mitsuko Yoshikawa

Mitsuko Yoshikawa

Haha

Hideo Sugawara

Hideo Sugawara

Ryoichi

Takeshi Sakamoto

Takeshi Sakamoto

Juuyaku

Teruyo Hayami

Teruyo Hayami

Fujin

Seiichi Katô

Kodomo

Shoichi Kofujita

Shoichi Kofujita

Delivery Boy

Seiji Nishimura

Seiji Nishimura

Teacher

Zentaro Iijima

Friend

Shôtarô Fujimatsu

Friend

Masao Hayama

Masao Hayama

Friend

director

Yasujirō Ozu

where to watch

Criterion Channel

trailers

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genres

Comedy, Drama

original title

大人の見る繪本 生れてはみたけれど