Twenty-Four Eyes

From 1928 to 1946, the lives of 12 young people and their school teacher in a poor Japanese village are profoundly affected by historical events and personal circumstances.

Cast

Hideko Takamine

as Ôishi Sensei

Hideki Gôko

as Isokichi Okada - Bunkyôjô Jidai

Itsuo Watanabe

as Takeichi Takeshita - Bunkyôjô Jidai

Makoto Miyagawa

as Kichiji Tokuda - Bunkyôjô Jidai

Takeo Terashita

as Tadashi Morioka - Bunkyôjô Jidai

Kunio Satô

as Nita Aizawa - Bunkyôjô Jidai

Chishū Ryū

as Otoko Sensei

Yumeji Tsukioka

as Masuno

Takahiro Tamura

as Isokichi

Toshiko Kobayashi

as Sanae

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