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.[2] 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.[3][4]

Being Two Isn't Easy
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKon Ichikawa
Written byMichio Matsuda (novel)
Natto Wada (writer)
Produced byHidemasa Nagata
StarringEiji Funakoshi
Fujiko Yamamoto
CinematographySetsuo Kobayashi
Edited byYonesaburō Tsukiji
Music byYasushi Akutagawa
Distributed byDaiei Film
Release date
  • 18 November 1962 (1962-11-18)
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Running time
88 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

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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.[5] 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.[5]

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "私は二歳" (in Japanese). jmdb.ne.jp. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  2. ^ "私は二歳". kotobank. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  3. ^ "List of Japanese films nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film" (in Japanese). Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. Archived from the original on 22 June 2008. Retrieved 22 June 2008.
  4. ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  5. ^ a b Russell, Catherine (2001). Cinematheque Ontario: Kon Ichikawa. Indiana University Press. pp. 257–259. ISBN 0968296939.
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