I Was Born, But... (1932)

19321h 31mdir. Yasujirō OzuJapaneseJapancomedy filmdrama film

With Chishū Ryū, Tomio Aoki, Tatsuo Saitō, Mitsuko Yoshikawa

Directed by Yasujirō Ozu

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I Was Born, But... (大人の見る絵本 生れてはみたけれど, Otona no miru ehon - Umarete wa mita keredo; lit. "An Adult's Picture Book View — I Was Born, But...") is a 1932 black-and-white Japanese silent comedy film directed by Yasujirō Ozu. It was the first of six Ozu films to win the Kinema Junpo Award for Best Film of the Year. In 1959, Ozu loosely remade the film as Good Morning.

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