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    Twenty-Four Eyes (二十四の瞳, Nijū-shi no hitomi) is a 1954 Japanese drama film directed by Keisuke Kinoshita, based on the 1952 novel of the same name by Sakae...
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  • of glass like unto crystal... round about... were four beasts full of eyes... The four and twenty elders fall down before him... and worship him that...
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    collaborations with directors Mikio Naruse and Keisuke Kinoshita, with Twenty-Four Eyes (1954) and Floating Clouds (1955) being among her most noted films...
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  • screenplay; many declared it the best film of 2021. It was nominated for four awards at the 94th Academy Awards, winning Best International Feature Film...
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    Home (1951), Japan's first colour feature, Tragedy of Japan (1953), Twenty-Four Eyes (1954), You Were Like a Wild Chrysanthemum (1955), Times of Joy and...
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    district of Shōzu. The island is famous as the setting for the novel Twenty-Four Eyes and its subsequent film adaptations. The island was the first area...
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  • financial backing. While he had directed over twenty films in the first two decades of his career, he directed just four in these two decades. After directing...
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  • Through these experiences, Yasumoto begins to humble himself and open his eyes to the world around him. When Yasumoto himself falls ill, Dr. Niide asks...
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    the Twenty-Four Devas (二十四諸天 Èrshísì Zhūtiān) in Lingyin Temple (靈隱寺 Língyǐnsì); Hangzhou, China The Twenty-Four Protective Deities or the Twenty-Four Devas...
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    well over 100 films by other directors. He was in Keisuke Kinoshita's Twenty-four Eyes (1954) and played wartime Prime Minister Kantarō Suzuki in Kihachi...
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