Skinny and Fatty (Chibideka monogatari)
German title: Chibideka monogatari (Dicke Freunde)
Original title: Chibideka monogatari
Original title: Chibideka monogatari
Child movie – Japan
Production year: 1958
Movie length: 51 minutes
Production year: 1958
Movie length: 51 minutes
Director: N. Terao
Writer: Mitsuo Wakasugi, Seiya Yoshida
Cinematograph: K. Inoye
Writer: Mitsuo Wakasugi, Seiya Yoshida
Cinematograph: K. Inoye
Movie description:
In this film from 1958, a mainstay of the Film Festival during the ’60s and ’70s, a chubby boy from a wealthy family befriends a lean and poorer classmate. Komatsu (»Skinny«) excels at school, sports, and making friends. Oyama (»Fatty«) isn’t quite so successful in these areas. After the boys become good friends, Komatsu tries to help Oyama to think and act on his own. His influence on Oyama continues, even after Komatsu’s family must move away.
A chubby boy from a wealthy family befriends a lean and poorer classmate in this sentimental children’s story. The film deals with two boys – one who excels in sports, studies and making friends, the other shy, awkward, and afraid – who become friends and help each other to mature. The two children meet for the first time when the new boy arrives at a new school in the middle of the term. Shy, unsure of himself, Oyama (»Fatty«) has a knack for making people, especially other children, detest him. He shares a desk with Komatsu (»Skinny«), who gives him a helping hand, out of pity at first, but later from genuine friendship. Komatsu has no trouble making or keeping friends, as he can get along with anyone. But the smaller boy soon finds himself having to fight Oyama’s battles for him, so Komatsu starts prodding him to stand up for himself. At first, Oyama is reluctant and afraid, but he finds his self-consciousness when he finds he has to come to Komatsu’s aid. Komatsu comes from a rather poor family, but he good-naturedly shares everything he has with Fatty. Gradually the two become inseparable, each one prepared to sacrifice for the other. Then disaster strikes. Komatsu’s father has to move his family to another area. The two friends have to break up. All Oyama has as a memento is a primitive toy that Komatsu gave him when they first played together. The toy proves to be the catalyst that prods Fatty into his first unsure steps toward growing up.
A chubby boy from a wealthy family befriends a lean and poorer classmate in this sentimental children’s story. The film deals with two boys – one who excels in sports, studies and making friends, the other shy, awkward, and afraid – who become friends and help each other to mature. The two children meet for the first time when the new boy arrives at a new school in the middle of the term. Shy, unsure of himself, Oyama (»Fatty«) has a knack for making people, especially other children, detest him. He shares a desk with Komatsu (»Skinny«), who gives him a helping hand, out of pity at first, but later from genuine friendship. Komatsu has no trouble making or keeping friends, as he can get along with anyone. But the smaller boy soon finds himself having to fight Oyama’s battles for him, so Komatsu starts prodding him to stand up for himself. At first, Oyama is reluctant and afraid, but he finds his self-consciousness when he finds he has to come to Komatsu’s aid. Komatsu comes from a rather poor family, but he good-naturedly shares everything he has with Fatty. Gradually the two become inseparable, each one prepared to sacrifice for the other. Then disaster strikes. Komatsu’s father has to move his family to another area. The two friends have to break up. All Oyama has as a memento is a primitive toy that Komatsu gave him when they first played together. The toy proves to be the catalyst that prods Fatty into his first unsure steps toward growing up.
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