Twenty-Year-Old Youth

Name: Twenty-Year-Old Youth
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: 1946-05-23
Duration: 1 h 12 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Reikichi Kawamura, Toyo Takahashi, Michiko Ikuno, Seiji Nishimura, Shirō Ōsaka

はたちの青春 (1946)

1:12 (72 min)

Comedy, Romance

Japan

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Actors and characters

Production

Shôchiku Dôga Kenkyûjo

Release date

23 May 1946

Director

Yasushi Sasaki

Scenario

Shôhei Takei

Composer

Tadashi Manjome

All team (5)

Actors

Reikichi Kawamura

桑原/Kuwabara

Toyo Takahashi

浅子/Asako

Michiko Ikuno

章子/Shoko

Seiji Nishimura

三好/Miyoshi

Shirō Ōsaka

啓吉/Keikichi

Akira Takakura

二郎/Jiro

Kaoru Aikawa

Sumiko

Chuichi Inagawa

Inoue

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Short description

The film features the first scene with kissing in a Japanese film. Kiss scenes were encouraged by the American occupiers of Japan following World War II as it encouraged westernization and contrasted with the traditional bow prevalent in that country.