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Childhood Days
Childhood Days
	DVD cover
Directed by	Masahiro Shinoda
Written by	Taichi Yamada; Hyozo Kashiwabara (novel)
Produced by	Motoo Abiko
Starring	Tetsuya Fujita; Yuji Horioka
Cinematography	Tatsuo Suzuki
Edited by	Chizuko Osada
Music by	Shin’ichirō Ikebe
Production; company	Childhood Days Production Committee
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	August 11, 1990;
Running time	117 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Childhood Days (少年時代, Shōnen jidai, a.k.a. Takeshi - Childhood Days) is a 1990 Japanese film directed by Masahiro Shinoda. It was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony.^[1] It is based on a manga of the same name by Motoo Abiko.

Synopsis

The film is a story of childhood life during wartime Japan. Takeshi, the intelligent son of a fisherman, is the schoolyard bully.

When his cousin comes to stay with his family to avoid bombing raids, Takeshi at first treats him well then begins bullying him, too. Takeshi eventually loses his position of leadership.

Cast

Tetsuya Fujita^[2] as Shinji Kazama
Yuji Horioka^[3] as Takeshi Ohara
Katsuhisa Yamazaki^[4] as Futoshi Tanabe
Kensuke Sudo as Minako Saiki
Shima Iwashita as Shizue Kazama
Toshiyuki Hosokawa as Shusaku Kazama
Choichiro Kawarazaki as Tatsuo Kazama
Kazuyo Mita as Shige Kazama
Nobuko Sendo as Akiko Tanabe
Mitsue Suzuki as Maki Kazama
Shinsuke Ashida as principal
Hideji Otaki as stationmaster
Kyosen Ohashi as photographer

Reception

Awards and nominations

14th Japan Academy Prize^[5]

Won: Best Picture
Won: Best Director - Masahiro Shinoda
Won: Best Screenplay - Taichi Yamada
Won: Best Music - Shin’ichirō Ikebe
Won: Best Art Direction - Takeo Kimura
Won: Best Sound Recording - Hideo Nishizaki
Won: Rookie of the Year - Tetsuya Fujita
Nominated: Best Actress - Shima Iwashita
Nominated: Best Cinematography - Tatsuo Suzuki
Nominated: Best Lighting Direction - Kenichi Mizuno
Nominated: Best Film Editing - Chizuko Osada

References

^ "Awards for Shonen jidai (1990)" (in Japanese). Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
^ "Tetsuya Fujita". IMDb.com. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
^ "Yuji Horioka". IMDb.com. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
^ "Katsuhisa Yamazaki". IMDb.com. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
^ 第14回日本アカデミー賞 (in Japanese). Japan Academy Prize. Archived from the original on February 24, 2009. Retrieved 20 March 2009.

External links

Shonen jidai (1990) at IMDb
少年時代 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-05-13.
"SHONEN JIDAI". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2009-05-13.
少年時代 (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2005-10-31. Retrieved 2009-05-13.
少年時代(1990) (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
"Variety Japan" 少年時代(1990) (in Japanese). Variety Japan. Retrieved 2009-05-13.

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[1] "Awards for Shonen jidai (1990)" (in Japanese). Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-05-05.

[2] "Tetsuya Fujita". IMDb.com. Retrieved 20 November 2016.

[3] "Yuji Horioka". IMDb.com. Retrieved 20 November 2016.

[4] "Katsuhisa Yamazaki". IMDb.com. Retrieved 20 November 2016.

[5] 第14回日本アカデミー賞 (in Japanese). Japan Academy Prize. Archived from the original on February 24, 2009. Retrieved 20 March 2009.

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