Sakae Tsuboi – författare

Twenty Four Eyes is a deeply pacifist Japanese novel based on the perversion and inhumanity of modern war. Set on Shodoshima, a small island in the Inland Sea, and covering a twenty–year period embracing prewar, war–time, and early postwar Japan, it centers on the relationship between a primary school teacher, Miss Oishi, and the twelve island children (the twenty–four eyes of the title) in her first class.In the course of the novel, Miss Oishi faces problems of acceptance by the children and their parents, then ideological criticism from the educational authorities, then wartime privations and losses in her family and among her pupils. The book concludes with a tearful graduation reunion between the bereaved teacher and her original pupils, whose ranks are sadly depleted by the suffering of the past decade.Differences of class, gender and political opinion are finally rendered less important than a common experience of suffering. Twenty Four Eyes first published in Japanese as Nijushi no Hitomi in 1952, immediately became a bestseller. It was made into a film two years later by Keisuke Kinoshita, a leading director, winning Best Film of the year. In 1987, it was filmed for a second time.

This book is a novel by Japanese writer Sakae Tsuboi (1899-1967). It tells the story of a female primary school teacher named Oshijiko in a small fishing village on the promontory, who devoted herself to teaching a class of innocent children. As a result of the war, twelve children suffered misfortune. Oshijiko doubted education and wanted to resign from teaching, but eventually returned to the children.Through the experience of teachers and students in the war, this book accuses the war of aggression, which brought misfortune to human being and promotes peace. This work is regarded as a classic children literature and anti-war work. This book guides readers to remember and think more about war.The film with the same name was released in 1954, which left a deep impression on Chinese fans. It is a classic teacher-student love film comparable to Dead Poets Society.