"Being Two Isn't Easy"
1962
Directed by Kon Ichikawa

A melancholy work about the joys and mysteries of life as experienced by a two-year-old boy, Taro. Taro is thunderstruck by the small (the climbing of stairs) and the significant (space travel). Ichikawa evokes an impressionistic picture of daily life and inter-family conflicts. The film "catches the fantasy and wonder with which a child must gaze" (Variety). With Fujko Yamamoto, Eiji Funakoshi and Hiroo Suzuki. Japanese with English subtitles. 88 minutes.