I Was Born, But...
| I Was Born, But... | |
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| Directed by | Yasujirō Ozu |
| Screenplay by | Akira Fushimi Geibei Ibushiya |
| Story by | Yasujirō Ozu |
| Starring | Tatsuo Saitō Tomio Aoki Mitsuko Yoshikawa Hideo Sugawara |
| Cinematography | Hideo Shigehara |
| Edited by | Hideo Shigehara |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Languages | Silent film Japanese intertitles |
| Box office | 60,219 tickets (France) |
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.
The film's story centers on two young brothers whose faith in their father, an office worker, is shaken by what they perceive as his kowtowing to the boss.