Being Two Isn't Easy

Being Two Isn't Easy (私は二歳, Watashi wa nisai) is a 1962 color Japanese comedy film directed by Kon Ichikawa. 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.[2][3]

Being Two Isn't Easy
Directed by	Kon Ichikawa
Written by	Michio Matsuda (novel) Natto Wada (writer)
Starring	Eiji Funakoshi Fujiko Yamamoto
Distributed by	Daiei Film
Release date	18 November 1962 (1962-11-18) [1]
Running time	88 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Style

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.[4] 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.[4]

Cast

• Hiro Suzuki as Taro, the baby
• Eiji Funakoshi as Goro, the father
• Fujiko Yamamoto as Chiyo
• Kumeko Urabe as Ino, grandmother
• Misako Watanabe as Setsuko, the aunt
• Masako Kyôzuka as Chiyo's sister
• Mantarō Ushio as Laundry Man
• Kyōko Kishida as Chiyo's Friend
• Shirô Ôtsuji as Doctor
• Jun Hamamura as Older Doctor
• Akira Natsuki as Doctor at Hospital

See also

• List of submissions to the 35th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Japanese submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

References

1. "私は二歳" (in Japanese). jmdb.ne.jp. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
2. "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.
3. Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
4. Russell, Catherine (2001). Cinematheque Ontario: Kon Ichikawa. Indiana University Press. pp. 257–259. ISBN 0968296939.

External links

• Watashi wa nisai on IMDb