"A SHOCHIKU FILM" "A PICTURE BOOK FOR GROWN-UPS" "I WAS BORN, BUT..." "A Film by YASUJIRO OZU" "Original Story by JAMES MAKI" "Screenplay by AKIRA FUSHIMI" "Production Design TAKASHI KAWANO" "Screen Adaptation GEIBEI IBUSHIYA" "Directed by YASUJIRO OZU" "Director of Photography and Editor HIDEO MOHARA" "Assistant Directors AKIRA KIYOSUKE, KENKICHI HARA" "Art Direction TAKEJIRO TSUNODA, YOSHIRO KIMURA" "Set Decoration SHINTARO MIMURA, TSUNETARO INOUE" "TATSUO SAITO MITSUKO YOSHIKAWA" "HIDEO SUGAWARA TOMIO AOKI aka Tokkan Kozo" "TAKESHI SAKAMOTO TERUYO HAYAMI" "SEIICHI KATO SHOICHI KOFUJITA" "SEIJI NISHIMURA ZENTARO IIJIMA" "SHOTARO FUJIMATSU MASAO HAYAMA" "MICHIO SATO KUNIYASU HAYASHI" "AKIO NOMURA TERUAKI ISHIWATARI" "You go on ahead." "Tell your mother I went to see Mr. Iwasaki." "Mr. Yoshii stopped in to pay his respects to the boss." "That's why he's a manager." "You could learn from him." "Go call somebody." "Welcome to the neighborhood." "Need anything from the liquor store?" "Not today, thank you." "We still have some we brought with us." "Please feel free to ask our houseboy to help with your move." "A funny-looking kid's just moved in." "He's always getting into mischief." "All young boys should have a little mischief in them." "Look at him." "He's got a face like a bug." ""Upset tummy." "Please don't feed him anything."" "Who made my brother cry?" "Where did you move here from?" "Azabu." "I'll give it to you good at school." "This is our new home." "You need to get along with the local kids." "MORNING..." "You like your new school?" "We like the walk there and the walk home." "But the part in between isn't much fun." "Aren't they coming to school?" "You must get Es for "excellent'' at your new school." "I got an E in every subject, including calligraphy and arithmetic." "School's already started." "He's mean." "It's early, but let's eat lunch anyway." "I forgot my chopsticks." "I'm supposed to get an E in calligraphy today." "How's life in the suburbs?" "Very quiet." "Good for the children too." "Mr. Iwasaki would like to see you." ""Good for the children," he says." "More like good for scoring points by living near the boss." "There's no grade on it." "Are you any good at writing?" "Can you write an E just like the teacher does?" ""€"" ""€"" "I got an E." "Then maybe your father will buy you something special." "That worked well." "Sissies!" "Too scared to come to school?" "Say that again!" "We'll save him for later." "The teacher!" "I thought they were going to school every day." "Well, I'm glad to hear he's not sick." "Your younger son's teacher was worried too." "I'll give them a good talking-to." "Ryoichi got an E today." "Dad, you must be tired after working hard all day." "What school did you go to today?" "Where did you write that?" "Why are you boys skipping school?" "Don't you want to become somebody?" "Yes, but some bullies at school pick on us." "They can't if you just ignore them." "But they'll still beat us up." "THE NEXT MORNING..." "We wouldn't have to go to school if we couldn't get across." "Dad said to ignore them." "But if we do, they'll beat us up for sure." "I wish they'd ignore us if we hit them." "May I use the bathroom?" "It's a sparrow's egg." "Why did you bring it to school?" "NOT TO BE OUTDONE... lf you eat it, you can be as strong as him." "He ate it." "Now he'll be a great fighter." "You know why Mom's so happy?" "It's payday for Dad." "I found a sparrow's nest." "I think my mom will buy some beer today." "Would you care for any beer today?" "Bring half a dozen bottles, please." "So now will you beat up that bully Kamekichi for us?" "My lucky day." "You ought to turn it in to the police." "They'd let me keep it if it was something smaller." "You want change?" "Wait here." "We'll be right back." "Pick on those two again and you'll hear from me." "Tell him off too." "He's a good customer." "His folks buy more than yours." "Who made my kid cry?" "His father can look really scary." "That's nothing." "You should see what mine can do." "A caramel, Dad?" "Can your dads take their teeth out like my dad?" "My dad's got lots of suits." "That's 'cause he's a tailor." "My dad's the most important." "That's my dad's car." "So my dad's more important than yours." "My dad's car is fancier." "That's 'cause it's a hearse." "DAYS LATER, THE SPARROW'S EGG HAS AN UNEXPECTED EFFECT..." "It's not distemper." "His hair's falling out." "Might be something he ate." "Try giving him this." "Maybe you'd better take some too." "Why won't you lie down?" "I've got my best clothes on." "We're having company tonight." "They're going to show home movies at his place." "I gave you a sparrow's egg, so let me come." "No, you can't come." "You didn't give me an egg." "THAT NIGHT..." "I brought an egg." "Let me watch the movies." "You boys are here too?" "It's like the lion on the toothpaste tube." "Which end does the toothpaste come out of?" "The tail end." "Are they black stripes on white or the other way around?" "They're black stripes on white." "No, they're white stripes on black." "If you're going to be so noisy, go home." "You'd make a good comic actor." "It wasn't fair of you to take those." "Your father's funny." "You think Dad's an important man?" "I guess so." "Stupid!" "He's not." "Oh, you boys are home already." "You tell us to become somebody, but you're nobody!" "Why do you have to bow so much to Taro's father?" "His father's a big executive in my company." "Why don't you become a big executive?" "It isn't that easy." "I'm one of his employees." "He pays my salary." "Then don't let him pay you." "Yeah!" "You pay him instead!" "If he didn't pay me, you couldn't go to school." "You couldn't eat." "Let's not eat anything starting tomorrow." "Why is Taro's father a big executive and you're not?" "Because he has money." "Does money make him important?" "Some people without money are important too." "Are you important?" "Why are you pestering me with these questions?" "See?" "He's not." "I'm not afraid of you." "You're a weakling." "A yellowbelly." "Be good boys and stop your crying." "I'm stronger than Taro, and I get better grades." "If I have to work for him when I grow up, then I'm not going to school anymore." "You got a spanking." "Just 'cause he spanked me doesn't make him important." "I give up." "I need a drink." "Couldn't you have explained it to them a little more gently?" "I know how they feel." "But what else could I have said?" "Do you think they really understood?" "It's a problem kids these days will face all their lives." "I don't cozy up to the boss because I enjoy it." "Are you kidding?" "But we're far better off now than we were before." "I know that." "Will they lead the same sorry lives we have?" "Don't become miserable apple-polishers like me, boys." "THE NEXT MORNING..." "Hurry up, before your father scolds you." "We're not eating." "We don't want anything." "Make them some rice balls." "How about growing up to be even greater men than your father?" "I'm counting on you both to be big successes!" "What are you going to be when you grow up?" "A lieutenant general." "Why not a full general?" "He says I can't." "That's what he's gonna be." "AND SO, AS USUAL..." "You better go say good morning to him, Dad." "Who's got the best dad, you or us?" "You do." "No, you do." "THE END"