Twenty-four Eyes

Twenty-four Eyes is the epic story of a teacher's relationship with 12 students (to whom belong the eyes in the title), members of the first class she teaches. Adapted from a novel by Tsuboi Sakae, it is set in an island in the Inland Sea, following the teacher and the children in their ups and downs through an eventful, turbulent time in modern Japanese history, from the nationalistic pre-war period in the 1920s through the early post-war years in the 1940s. The film is an anti-war classic held dear by the Japanese through generations.