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A False Student
Director:Yasuzō Masumura
Producer:Yūkō Nakaizumi
Starring:Ayako Wakao
Music:Toshirō Mayuzumi
Cinematography:Hiroshi Murai
Editing:Tatsuji Nakashizu
Studio:Daiei
Distributor:Daiei
Released:[1] [2]
Runtime:94 minutes
Country:Japan
Language:Japanese

is a 1960 Japanese drama film directed by Yasuzō Masumura. It is based on the story Gisho no toki by Japanese writer Kenzaburō Ōe.[3] [4]

Plot

For the fourth time in a row, Hikoichi has failed to pass the exams to enter a prestigious university. He lies to his mother, a shop owner and widow who hopes for a brighter future for her son, that he passed the exams, and walks around in a student's uniform, pretending to be a freshman. When student activist leader Soratani is arrested by the police, he mistakes Hikoichi for a fellow student and orders him to bring the news of his arrest to his zengakuren comrades. Hikoichi, eager to be accepted by the activists as one of them, and trying to impress student Mutsuko, participates in a rally where many protestors are arrested. After his quick dismissal by the police, who realise that he is neither a student nor a political agitator, the activists suspect Hikoichi to be an informant.

Cast

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 偽大学生 (A False Student) . ja . 31 January 2021 . Kinema Junpo.
  2. Web site: 偽大学生 (A False Student) . Japanese Movie Database . ja . 22 June 2021.
  3. Web site: 偽大学生 (A False Student) . ja . 31 January 2021 . kotobank.
  4. Web site: A False Student . Sharp . Jasper . 18 January 2008 . 22 June 2021 . Midnight Eye.