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Keisuke Kinoshita's Twenty-four Eyes - which beat Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai as Kinema Junpo's Best Film of 1954 and won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film in 1955 - is one of Japan's most beloved films. In 1999 it was picked by Japanese critics as one of the ten best Japanese films of all time. Spanning a twenty-year .. Read more

Starring	Hideko Takamine, Chishu Ryu
Director	Keisuke Kinoshita
Genres	Drama, World Cinema

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  Seven Samurai defeated again
  
  “Twenty-Four Eyes” is about the relationship between a group of students and their teacher, at various points in their lives and with major ... read more »
  
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  - Stephen Simpson
  - Croydon, England
  - 13 Mar 2006 at 08:51
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  - 3
  A very manipulative piece of propoganda
  
  Though beautifully made this movie is cynical and dishonest. It needs to be understood in the context of the time in which it was made - at a period when Japan ... read more »
  
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  - Surrey
  - 02 Jan 2010 at 23:38
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  Wonderful and stimulating
  
  This is one of the best films that I have ever watched. It is human and taked one into the pschology of a Japanese village and community , the stars are the ... read more »
  
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- - Gregor
  - 22 reviews
  - Glasgow
  - 10 Feb 2009 at 14:47
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  - 2
  24 eyes
  
  I understand that '24 Eyes' has a huge following in Japan, and I can see why: it deals with a painful chunk of Japan's 20th c. history in a concise... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 07 Dec 2008 at 15:15
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  Emotional
  
  A glorious film from start to finish. A wonderful story, superbly acted and a real tearjerker in the very best sense of the word. This is by no means a cheesy ... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 07 Aug 2008 at 13:59
- - 7
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  This is one of those films everyone wants to watch but most have not got round to doing it in Japan.
  
  The film is so old that I (who is Japanese) ... read more »
  
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  - UK
  - 23 Jun 2008 at 15:22
- - 5
  - 1
  an over-long weep-fest.
  
  Ye gods. I chose this film because it's said to be even more loved than The Seven Samurai in Japan, and I rate The Seven Samurai very highly.
  
  OK... read more »
  
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- - Patto
  - 21 reviews
  - High Peak
  - 22 May 2008 at 23:37
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  - 1
  Quietly persuasive
  
  This film takes a little warming up to but the effort is well worth it and it soon becomes a persuasive even though by modern standards sometimes melodramatic ... read more »
  
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- - ThomasKus
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  - Gloucester
  - 11 Nov 2007 at 12:42
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  A historical gem
  
  Very gentle, moving, film that was made not long after the end of WW2 with perhaps a nod to making friends in the west.
  
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  - Exeter, Devon
  - 14 Mar 2007 at 23:30
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  Visually and emotionally powerful
  
  A very enjoyable film, which is both visually and emotionally powerful. Camera movements are quite restrained and suits this type of film. Composition is of a... read more »
  
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- - JAK
  - Cumbria, England
  - 24 Nov 2006 at 22:17
- - 9
  - 1
  One of Japan's best-loved films
  
  I had been eager to see this film for years, knowing a little of its enormous reputation in its Japanese homeland, and although there are some (perhaps ... read more »
  
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  - 27 Oct 2006 at 20:10
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- - 16
  - 0
  Seven Samurai defeated again
  
  “Twenty-Four Eyes” is about the relationship between a group of students and their teacher, at various points in their lives and with major ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 217943
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Stephen Simpson
  - Croydon, England
  - 13 Mar 2006 at 08:51
- - 9
  - 1
  One of Japan's best-loved films
  
  I had been eager to see this film for years, knowing a little of its enormous reputation in its Japanese homeland, and although there are some (perhaps ... read more »
  
  Report this review
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- - Savage
  - 632 reviews
  - London, England
  - 27 Oct 2006 at 20:10
- - 8
  - 1
  Singing and crying, singing and crying
  
  A gentle study of the effects of the latter half of the 20th Century on a school teacher and her pupils in a small fishing community, Keisuke Kinoshita's &... read more »
  
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- - jonathangrahamprice
  - London
  - 06 Apr 2006 at 08:40
- - 7
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  Customer Review
  
  This is one of those films everyone wants to watch but most have not got round to doing it in Japan.
  
  The film is so old that I (who is Japanese) ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 582388
- - a customer
  - UK
  - 23 Jun 2008 at 15:22
- - 5
  - 0
  Visually and emotionally powerful
  
  A very enjoyable film, which is both visually and emotionally powerful. Camera movements are quite restrained and suits this type of film. Composition is of a... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 388592
- - JAK
  - Cumbria, England
  - 24 Nov 2006 at 22:17
- - 5
  - 0
  Wonderful and stimulating
  
  This is one of the best films that I have ever watched. It is human and taked one into the pschology of a Japanese village and community , the stars are the ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 706055
- - Gregor
  - 22 reviews
  - Glasgow
  - 10 Feb 2009 at 14:47
- - 5
  - 1
  Quietly persuasive
  
  This film takes a little warming up to but the effort is well worth it and it soon becomes a persuasive even though by modern standards sometimes melodramatic ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 493344
- - ThomasKus
  - 143 reviews
  - Gloucester
  - 11 Nov 2007 at 12:42
- - 5
  - 1
  an over-long weep-fest.
  
  Ye gods. I chose this film because it's said to be even more loved than The Seven Samurai in Japan, and I rate The Seven Samurai very highly.
  
  OK... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 567733
- - Patto
  - 21 reviews
  - High Peak
  - 22 May 2008 at 23:37
- - 4
  - 0
  Emotional
  
  A glorious film from start to finish. A wonderful story, superbly acted and a real tearjerker in the very best sense of the word. This is by no means a cheesy ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 609887
- - a customer
  - London
  - 07 Aug 2008 at 13:59
- - 4
  - 1
  A historical gem
  
  Very gentle, moving, film that was made not long after the end of WW2 with perhaps a nod to making friends in the west.
  
  Report this review
- 420333
- - a customer
  - Exeter, Devon
  - 14 Mar 2007 at 23:30

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  Keisuke Kinoshita's Twenty-four Eyes - which beat Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai as Kinema Junpo's Best Film of 1954 and won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film in 1955 - is one of Japan's most beloved films. In 1999 it was picked by Japanese critics as one of the ten best Japanese films of all ...