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Daigaku wa deta keredo
(I Graduated, But . . . )
Also known as [I Graduated from College, But . . . ]
(1929) Japan
B&W : [?] Feature film?
Directed by Yasujirô Ozu

Cast: Minoru Takada [Tetsuo Nomoto], Kinuyo Tanaka [Machiko Nomoto], Utako Suzuki [the mother], Kenji Oyama [Sugimura], Shinichi Himori [the tailor], Kenji Kimura [the executive], Takeshi Sakamoto [the secretary], Chôko Iida [the landlady]

Shochiku Kinema Kenkyû-jo production; distributed by [?] Shochiku Kinema Kenkyû-jo and/or through Asakusa Teikokukan? / Scenario by Yoshirô Aramaki, from a screen story by Hiroshi Shimizu. Cinematography by Hideo Shigehara. / Released 6 September 1929. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Silent film.

Comedy-Drama.

Synopsis: A college graduate is unable to find work and hides the fact from his family.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost : Fragmentary print exists (approximately 11 minutes).

Current rights holder: (unknown)

Keywords: Families - Unemployment

Listing updated: 8 January 2025.

References: Film viewing : Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.