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Tonari no Yae-chan

  • 1934
  • 1h 16m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
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Tonari no Yae-chan (1934)
ComedyDramaRomance

Keitaro (Obinata Den) is a law student and Yaeko (Aizome Yumeko) is a high school girl. They are neighbors, and their friendship is starting to develop into something more romantic. Then, Ya... Read allKeitaro (Obinata Den) is a law student and Yaeko (Aizome Yumeko) is a high school girl. They are neighbors, and their friendship is starting to develop into something more romantic. Then, Yaeko's sister Kyouko (Okada Yoshiko) has a breakup with her husband and returns home. Kyouk... Read allKeitaro (Obinata Den) is a law student and Yaeko (Aizome Yumeko) is a high school girl. They are neighbors, and their friendship is starting to develop into something more romantic. Then, Yaeko's sister Kyouko (Okada Yoshiko) has a breakup with her husband and returns home. Kyouko is clearly interested in Keitaro and Yae becomes anxious.

  • Director
    • Yasujirô Shimazu
  • Writer
    • Yasujirô Shimazu
  • Stars
    • Yumeko Aizome
    • Ryôtarô Mizushima
    • Den Ôhinata
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    7.0/10
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    • Director
      • Yasujirô Shimazu
    • Writer
      • Yasujirô Shimazu
    • Stars
      • Yumeko Aizome
      • Ryôtarô Mizushima
      • Den Ôhinata
    • 1User review
    • 10Critic reviews
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    Yumeko Aizome
    • Musume - Yaeko
    Ryôtarô Mizushima
    • Chichi - Arami Ikuzou
    Den Ôhinata
    • Chounan - Keitaro
    • (as Den Obinata)
    Chôko Iida
    Chôko Iida
    • Haha - Hamako
    Ayako Katsuragi
    Ayako Katsuragi
    • Haha - Sugiko
    Yûkichi Iwata
    • Chichi - Hattori Shosaku
    Yoshiko Okada
    Yoshiko Okada
    • Ane - Kyouko
    Akio Isono
    • Jinan - Seiji
    Sanae Takasugi
    Sanae Takasugi
    • Manabe Etsuko
    Shôzaburô Abe
      • Director
        • Yasujirô Shimazu
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        • Yasujirô Shimazu
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      How Can I Ignore The Girl Next Door?

      It's a pleasant middle class suburban street where Den Ohinata is practicing baseball for his league match, occasionally putting a baseball through a neighbor's window. He has a friendly relationship with Yumeko Aizome, the girl next door, a few years younger than he. Their fathers get together every evening to drink perhaps a little more sake than they should; still, it's only a few yards to get home, and we know how this situation is going to turn out...until Miss Aizome's sister, Yoshikawa Okada, comes home. Something has gone wrong with her marriage, and now she's looking for love in all the wrong places.

      It's a pleasant, minor comedy from director Yasujirô Shimazu, and it wouldn't have looked strange had it been made in America, with American actors. There are a lot of references to American movies; Miss Aizome's friends think Ohinata looks like Frederick March, and towards the end, they got to a movie show, where they see a new Fleischer cartoon, HA! HA! HA! Everything is up to date, Japan is part of a cosmopolitan society, and life is one long, sweet dream where one can marry the girl next door.

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      • Trivia
        Posthumously listed as one of Akira Kurosawa's 100 favorite films.
      • Quotes

        Manabe Etsuko: He looks like Frederic March.

      • Connections
        References Ha! Ha! Ha! (1934)

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      • Release date
        • June 28, 1934 (Japan)
      • Country of origin
        • Japan
      • Language
        • Japanese
      • Also known as
        • My Little Neighbor, Yae
      • Production company
        • Shochiku
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      • Runtime
        1 hour 16 minutes
      • Color
        • Black and White
      • Sound mix
        • Mono
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.37 : 1

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