Masaki Kobayashi may not be the first or even the fifth name you think of when you think of Japanese cinema. This series of reviews is dedicated to why this is wrong.
MY SONS' YOUTH
(Musuko no seishun)
Boys will be boys, and dads will be dads, even in post-war Japan.
1952
Directed by Masaki Kobayashi
Written by Fusao Hayashi and Sadayo Nakamura
With Ryuji Kita (Dad), Kuniko Miyake (Mom), Akira Ishihama (Haruhiko), and Motoji Fujiwara (Akuhiko)
Spoiler alert: severe
