"Where Now Are The Dreams of Youth?"

[Otokichi]

Submitted for the Silent Movie fan, a Yasujiro Ozu film without any kind of music track! This played on Turner Classic Movies "Silent Sunday" on September 20, 2020. I find it interesting that that this 1932 film is a Silent movie when other movie studios are making Sound movies, but this is a solid college student tale. A group of less-than-academically-gifted college students manage to "crib note" their way through exams, while having the time of their lives. One is plucked from college by fate, becomes the company President of a trading company, while the others "continue their studies." Graduation day comes, and it's job hunting time for the "cheating hearts." With less-than-stellar academic records, they pay a visit to their old college buddy in search of work. Have the years at the helm of a business hardened the attitude of "Mr. Lucky," or will he help his cheering squad friends?