I Flunked, But...

I Flunked, But...
A black and white movie still showing a man and a woman clasping hands. The woman is wearing a kimono and is looking over to the man who stares straight ahead.
Kinuyo Tanaka and Tatsuo Saitō in a still from the movie
Directed byYasujirō Ozu
Screenplay byAkira Fushimi, Yasujirō Ozu
StarringTatsuo Saitō
CinematographyHideo Shigehara
Edited byHideo Shigehara
Production
company
Release date
  • 11 April 1930 (1930-04-11)
Running time
65 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguagesSilent film
Japanese intertitles

I Flunked, But... (落第（らくだい）はしたけれど, Rakudai wa Shita Keredo) is a 1930 Japanese black and white silent film directed by Yasujirō Ozu. I Flunked, But... represented the first major role acted by Ozu's longtime collaborator Chishu Ryu.[1]

Premise

I Flunked, But… (1930)

The film is one of several Ozu directed around this time dealing with student life.[2] The plot somewhat inverts that of Ozu's earlier film I Graduated, But....[2] The film follows Takahashi, a college student, and his 4 roommates and 4 other friends.[2] Takahashi and his 4 friends intend to cheat on a test by writing notes on Takahashi's shirt.[2][3] But the landlady sends the shirt to the laundry and Takahashi and his friends fail the test.[2][3] Takahashi's roommates pass the test and graduate but can't find jobs and end up wishing they were back in school like Takahashi and his friends, who had to return to school.[2]

Reception

Film critic David Bordwell noted influences on the film from Harold Lloyd and Ernst Lubitsch.[2] A Kinema Jumpo critic criticized for lacking the "social bite" of some of Ozu's earlier films.[2]

Analysis

Takahashi has a poster of Robert Milton's 1929 American film Charming Sinners hanging on his bedroom wall.[4]

References

  1. ^ Richie, Donald (1974). Ozu. California Press. pp. 209–210. ISBN 0520032772.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Bordwell, David (1988). Ozu and the Poetics of Cinema. Princeton University Press. pp. 202–205. ISBN 0691055165.
  3. ^ a b "I Flunked But…, 1930". Strictly Film School. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  4. ^ Geist, Kathe (2023). Ozu: A Closer Look. Hong Kong University Press. p. 35. ISBN 9789888754175.

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