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Being Two Isn't Easy is a japonais film of genre Drama directed by Kon Ichikawa with Eiji Funakoshi
Being Two Isn't Easy (1962)
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Add to a movie listBeing Two Isn't Easy (私は二歳, Watashi wa nisai) is a 1962 color Japanese comedy film directed by Kon Ichikawa. It was Japan's submission to the 35th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.
^ (Japanese) http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1962/cl003670.htm accessed 21 May 2009
^ "List of Japanese films nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film" (in Japanese). Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. Archived from the original on 22 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Actors
Eiji Funakoshi
(Goro)
Fujiko Yamamoto
(Chiyo)
Kumeko Urabe
(Ino)
Misako Watanabe
(Setsuko)
Kyōko Kishida
(Chiyo's Friend)
Jun Hamamura
(Older Doctor)
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