The Blue Mountains: Part I

1949 [JAPANESE]

Drama / Romance

2
IMDb Rating 6.7/10 10 215 215

Plot summary

Teacher Yukiko finds herself in opposition to conservative faculty and villagers after defending a student for being in a relationship with a young man from Tokyo.

Director

Tadashi Imai Photo
Tadashi Imai

Top cast

Michiyo Kogure Photo
Michiyo Kogure as Umetaro
Kamatari Fujiwara Photo
Kamatari Fujiwara
Setsuko Hara Photo
Setsuko Hara as Yukiko Shimazaki
Ryô Ikebe Photo
Ryô Ikebe as Rokusuke Kaneya
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828.76 MB
950*720
Japanese 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 30 min
Seeds 1
1.5 GB
1424*1080
Japanese 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 30 min
Seeds 2

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by nelsonhodgie 8 / 10

A different side of Setsuko Hara

Rather than the devoted daughter or relative she usually plays in Ozu movies here the great Setsuko Hara plays an edgier much more rebellious role as the free thinking English teacher at a girl's school. Although it might seem like a tempest in a teapot now .The plot centers around gossip and jealousy it nevertheless brings to focus some serious changes that were and still are occurring in Japan and it's attitude towards women's rights and freedoms in society. Excellent acting by all . Particularly the younger members of the cast who all seem very genuine.
Reviewed by crossbow0106 8 / 10

Be True To Your School

This film was contemporary at the time, as it involves resistance to the changes in the post war period. A young schoolgirl is seen spending time with an older boy and some of her classmates try to trick her by writing a note telling her to meet after school. The teacher Miss Shimazaki (the always great Setsuko Hara)calls the girls on their behavior. Basically, she states that it is okay for them to be with boys. The girls protest. Others are drawn in with their own opinions, including the local doctor, whose opinion has become more progressive as the film goes on. This is an interesting character study about a time when tradition was beginning to be challenged, even as it pertains to relationships. What seems quaint now was at the time very much a tug of war between people. Playing ostensibly a feminist, Ms. Hara is trying to get the girls to not just settle for a life where they will marry and eventually be miserable, since they will more or less be subservient to their husbands . In this context, the film triumphs, but it is a film of its time. Still, this film was made just before Late Spring, one of Ms. Hara's greatest films, in which she ironically plays the daughter of the great Chishu Ryu and is, in effect, a very traditional lady. Late Spring is an excellent character study of mores. This film tackles it in a different way. It is not as compelling as Late Spring, but it is certainly worth watching.
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