Twenty Four Eyes is well worth seeing, about a young female teacher and her 12 pupils, each with 2 pupils of their own, hence the title, covering the 1930's through to the after-effects of the war. Sweetly sentimental- the children's manner of crying struck me as unconvincing as sometimes with Ozu- but still an involving humanist statement that makes excellent use of gorgeous seaside locations. A big popular hit in Japan but not well known in the West.