Being Two Isn't Easy (1962)

Drama
Comedy

The days leading up to a toddler's second birthday are seen alternately from the child's point of view as well as that of his parents.

Cast

Chiyo
Fujiko Yamamoto
Taro
H Hiroo Suzuki
Older Doctor
Jun Hamamura
Yoko Hizakura
H Hiroko Hanai
Doctor at Hospital
S Shō Natsuki
Takashi Nakamura
K Kyōsuke Shiho
T Tōru Konoki
M Mitsuko Tanaka
M Mitsuko Han'ya
Narrator (voice)
Meiko Nakamura
Goro
Eiji Funakoshi
S Shôko Wakatsuki
Ino
Kumeko Urabe
Laundry Man
Mantarō Ushio
Chiyo's Friend
Kyôko Kishida
Setsuko
Misako Watanabe
Chiyo's sister
Masako Kyôzuka
Doctor
Shirō Ōtsuji
Neighbor wife
Mayumi Kurata

Crew

Director
Kon Ichikawa
Writer
N Natto Wada
Producer
Kon Ichikawa
Producer
H Hidemasa Nagata
Editor
T Tatsuji Nakashizu
Art Direction
T Takashi Senda
Sound Recordist
K Kimio Iida
Special Effects
R Ryuchi Yokoyama
Director of Photography
S Setsuo Kobayashi
Original Music Composer
Yasushi Akutagawa
Lighting Technician
Y Yukio Itô
Costume Consultant
N Natto Wada
Novel
M Michiko Matsuda
Assistant Director
B Bainari Nakamura
Sound Recordist
K Kimio Tobita