Being Two Isn't Easy
{{short description|1962 film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Being Two Isn't Easy
| image = Being Two Isn't Easy.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Kon Ichikawa
| producer = Hidemasa Nagata
| writer = Michio Matsuda (novel)
Natto Wada (writer)
| starring = Eiji Funakoshi
Fujiko Yamamoto
| music = Yasushi Akutagawa
| cinematography = Setsuo Kobayashi
| editing = Yonesaburō Tsukiji
| distributor = Daiei Film
| released = {{film date|df=yes|1962|11|18}}{{cite web | language=ja | url=http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1962/cl003670.htm | title=私は二歳 | publisher=jmdb.ne.jp | access-date=14 July 2020}}
| runtime = 88 minutes
| country = Japan
| language = Japanese
| budget =
}}
{{nihongo|Being Two Isn't Easy|私は二歳|Watashi wa nisai|lit. I am two}} is a 1962 color Japanese comedy film directed by Kon Ichikawa.{{cite web|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E7%A7%81%E3%81%AF%E4%BA%8C%E6%AD%B3-748438|title=私は二歳|publisher=kotobank|accessdate=27 December 2020}} It was Japan's submission to the 35th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.{{cite web|url=http://www.eiren.org/academy/data.html|title=List of Japanese films nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|language=ja|publisher=Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan|access-date=2008-06-22| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080622025242/http://www.eiren.org/academy/data.html| archive-date= 22 June 2008 | url-status= live}}Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Style
Ichikawa utilized the screen personas of popular stars Fujiko Yamamoto (glamorous, restrained) and Eiji Funakoshi (hapless, self-conscious) to make the child's independence and frequent endangerment believable.{{cite book|last=Russell|first=Catherine|title=Cinematheque Ontario: Kon Ichikawa|publisher=Indiana University Press|year=2001|isbn=0968296939|pages=257–259}} The director contrasts Chiyo's well-coiffed, reactive approach to motherhood by shooting Misako Watanabe as her sister-in-law in a sensuous, intimate manner as she bathes her own newborn.
Cast
- Hiro Suzuki as Taro, the baby
- Eiji Funakoshi as Goro, the father
- Fujiko Yamamoto as Chiyo, the mother
- Kumeko Urabe as Ino, grandmother
- Misako Watanabe as Setsuko, the aunt
- Masako Kyôzuka as Chiyo's sister
- Mantarō Ushio as Laundry Man
- Kyōko Kishida as Chiyo's Friend
- Shirô Ôtsuji as Doctor
- Jun Hamamura as Older Doctor
- Akira Natsuki as Doctor at Hospital
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0056680|title=Watashi wa nisai}}
{{Japanese submissions for the Academy Award}}
{{Kon Ichikawa}}
{{Kinema Junpo Award for Best Film}}
Category:1960s Japanese-language films
Category:Films directed by Kon Ichikawa
Category:Best Film Kinema Junpo Award winners
Category:Films with screenplays by Natto Wada
Category:Films scored by Yasushi Akutagawa
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