Shônenki / Boyhood

A young boy comes of age during and after World War II, revealing how some Japanese questioned militarism and the war given their losses and devastation. When a family of Tokyo war evacuees arrives to the countryside, they are met with hostility by most villagers. The father, an English professor who had to quit lecturing due to his liberal views, opposes his son Ichirō's wish to enlist at a military school. Ichirō, who previously had to suffer mockery at school for alleged cowardness, is now confronted with his new schoolmates' reluctance and bullied by the son of the local military commander. The ending hints at more peaceful times lying ahead for the family.