I Flunked, But... (1930)
"Rakudai wa shitakeredo" (original title)

Director:

Yasujirô Ozu

Writers:

Akira Fushimi, Yasujirô Ozu (story)

Stars:

Tatsuo Saitô, Kaoru Futaba, Kinuyo Tanaka

Cast

Credited cast:
Tatsuo Saitô	...	Student
Kaoru Futaba	...	Landlady
Kinuyo Tanaka	...	Cafe's waitress
Tomio Aoki	...	Landlady's son
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Hiroshi Mikura
Ichirô Okuni	...	Teacher
Chishû Ryû	...	Class mate
Kenji Satome	...	Student
Tokio Seki
Ichirô Tsukida
Hiroo Wakabayashi
Fusao Yamada
Goro Yokoyama	...	Student
Debuo Yôko

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

graduation | final exam | flunked out | friend | dropout | 

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Details

Country:

Japan

Release Date:

11 April 1930 (Japan)

Also Known As:

I Failed But...

Company Credits

Production Co:

Shochiku Kinema (Kamata)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

65 min

Sound Mix:

Silent

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Featured in The Story of Film: An Odyssey: Episode #1.2 (2011)

User Reviews

Take it from 'Suji, you're better off staying in school

Ozu's follow-up to I GRADUATED, BUT... actually plays somewhat like a prequel: a student fails when the shirt on which he wrote his exam cheat sheet gets mistakenly sent to the laundry. The student contemplates his outcast fate as his graduating dorm-mates all face the working world. The film is loaded with clever shifts in perspective (such as when a boy, misunderstanding the meaning of 'flunk' declares that he wants to flunk just like his big brother), and the film becomes a hilarious and touching reflection on college life and what it means to leave it.