Poem of the Young Hearts
Poem of the Young Hearts
| 01 January 1969 (USA)
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An independently produced documentary about growing up as a blind youth in 1960's Japan. It focuses on a group of elementary level students being taught by Mr. Kawai at the Zoshigaya Branch of Tokyo Educational University. Filmed over 12 years, the documentary tracks these student's lives up through their young adulthood. It follows the journey of one student in particular, Kiyoshi Hasegawa, a young boy who eventually learns a passion for music and wants to become a recording artist. Expanded from director Hideo Hamada's documentary short "But We Can Gaze!"

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Neive Bellamy

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

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Ezmae Chang

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

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Skyler

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

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Billy Ollie

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

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