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 (1990-08-11)
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.

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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.^[2]

Cast

Tetsuya Fujita^[3] as Shinji Kazama
Yuji Horioka^[4] as Takeshi Ohara
Katsuhisa Yamazaki^[5] 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 Pprincipal
Hideji Otaki as stationmaster
Kyosen Ohashi as photographer

Reception

Awards and nominations

14th Japan Academy Prize^[6]

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.
^ Based on Takeshi at AllMovie
^ "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
Takeshi at AllMovie
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.

Films directed by Masahiro Shinoda

Killers on Parade (1961)
Assassination (1964)
Pale Flower (1964)
With Beauty and Sorrow (1965
Samurai Spy (1965)
Double Suicide (1969)
The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan (1970)
Silence (1971)
Himiko (1974)
Ballad of Orin (1977)
MacArthur's Children (1984)
Gonza the Spearman (1986)
Childhood Days (1990)
Sharaku (1995)
Moonlight Serenade (1997)
Owls' Castle (1999)

Blue Ribbon Award for Best Film

1950–2000

Until We Meet Again (1950)
Repast (1951)
Lightning (1952)
An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953)
Twenty-Four Eyes (1954)
Floating Clouds (1955)
Mahiru no ankoku (1956)
The Rice People (1957)
The Hidden Fortress (1958)
Kiku to Isamu (1959)
Her Brother (1960)
Pigs and Battleships (1961)
Foundry Town (1962)
The Insect Woman (1963)
Woman in the Dunes (1964)
Red Beard (1965)
Shiroi Kyotō (1966)
The Fossil (1974)
Lullaby of the Earth (1976)
The Yellow Handkerchief (1977)
Third Base (1978)
Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
Kagemusha (1980)
Muddy River (1981)
Fall Guy (1982)
International Military Tribunal for the Far East (1983)
MacArthur's Children (1984)
Ran (1985)
House of Wedlock (1986)
A Taxing Woman (1987)
The Silk Road (1988)
Dotsuitarunen (1989)
Childhood Days (1990)
A Scene at the Sea (1991)
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1992)
All Under the Moon (1993)
Like a Rolling Stone (1994)
A Last Note (1995)
Boys Be Ambitious (1996)
Bounce Ko Gals (1997)
Hana-bi (1998)
Taboo (1999)
Battle Royale (2000)

2001–present

Spirited Away (2001)
The Twilight Samurai (2002)
Akame 48 Waterfalls (2003)
Nobody Knows (2004)
Break Through! (2005)
Hula Girls (2006)
Kisaragi (2007)
Climber's High (2008)
Mt. Tsurugidake (2009)
Confessions (2010)
Cold Fish (2011)
Our Homeland (2012)
The Story of Yonosuke (2013)
Samurai Hustle (2014)
The Emperor in August (2015)
Shin Godzilla (2016)
Wilderness (2017)
One Cut of the Dead (2018)
Fly Me to the Saitama (2019)
Fukushima 50 (2020)
Last of the Wolves (2021)
A Man (2022)
Godzilla Minus One (2023)

Japan Academy Film Prize for Best Film

The Yellow Handkerchief (1977)
The Incident (1978)
Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
Zigeunerweisen (1980)
Station (1981)
Fall Guy (1982)
The Ballad of Narayama (1983)
The Funeral (1984)
Gray Sunset (1985)
House on Fire (1986)
A Taxing Woman (1987)
The Silk Road (1988)
Black Rain (1989)
Childhood Days (1990)
My Sons (1991)
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1992)
A Class to Remember (1993)
Crest of Betrayal (1994)
A Last Note (1995)
Shall We Dance? (1996)
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Begging for Love (1998)
Poppoya (1999)
After the Rain (2000)
Spirited Away (2001)
The Twilight Samurai (2002)
When the Last Sword Is Drawn (2003)
Half a Confession (2004)
Always Sanchōme no Yūhi (2005)
Hula Girls (2006)
Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (2007)
Departures (2008)
Shizumanu Taiyō (2009)
Confessions (2010)
Rebirth (2011)
The Kirishima Thing (2012)
The Great Passage (2013)
The Eternal Zero (2014)
Our Little Sister (2015)
Shin Godzilla (2016)
The Third Murder (2017)
Shoplifters (2018)
The Journalist (2019)
Midnight Swan (2020)
Drive My Car (2021)
A Man (2022)

v t e Mainichi Film Award for Best Film
1946–1960	Aru yo no Tonosama (1946) Ima Hitotabi no (1947) Drunken Angel (1948) Late Spring (1949) Until We Meet Again (1950) Repast (1951) Ikiru (1952) An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953) Twenty-Four Eyes (1954) Floating Clouds (1955) Mahiru no ankoku (1956) The Rice People (1957) The Ballad of Narayama (1958) Kiku to Isamu (1959) Her Brother (1960)
1961–1980	A Soldier's Prayer (1961) Harakiri (1962) High and Low (1963) Woman in the Dunes (1964) Red Beard (1965) Shiroi Kyotō (1966) Samurai Rebellion (1967) The Profound Desire of the Gods (1968) Double Suicide (1969) Where Spring Comes Late (1970) Silence (1971) The Long Darkness (1972) Tsugaru Folk Song (1973) Castle of Sand (1974) The Fossil (1975) Fumō Chitai (1976) The Yellow Handkerchief (1977) The Incident (1978) Nomugi Pass (1979) Kagemusha (1980)
1981–2000	Muddy River (1981) Fall Guy (1982) Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983) W's Tragedy (1984) Ran (1985) The Sea and Poison (1986) A Taxing Woman (1987) My Neighbor Totoro (1988) Black Rain (1989) Childhood Days (1990) My Sons (1991) Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1992) All Under the Moon (1993) A Dedicated Life (1994) A Last Note (1995) Shall We Dance? (1996) Princess Mononoke (1997) Begging for Love (1998) Poppoya (1999) Face (2000)
2001–2020	Spirited Away (2001) The Twilight Samurai (2002) Akame 48 Waterfalls (2003) Blood and Bones (2004) Break Through! (2005) Sway (2006) I Just Didn't Do It (2007) Departures (2008) The Unbroken (2009) Villain (2010) Postcard (2011) A Terminal Trust (2012) The Great Passage (2013) My Man (2014) Three Stories of Love (2015) Shin Godzilla (2016) Hanagatami (2017) Shoplifters (2018) Listen to the Universe (2019) Mother (2020)
2021–present	Drive My Car (2021) Small, Slow But Steady (2022) Okiku and the World (2023)

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