Twenty-Year-Old Youth poster
Basic Info
Release: May 23, 1946

Twenty-Year-Old Youth

1946
Overview

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.

Genres
Comedy Romance
Production Countries
  • Japan
Spoken Languages
  • Japanese ja

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Cast
Reikichi Kawamura
Reikichi Kawamura
桑原/Kuwabara
Toyo Takahashi
Toyo Takahashi
浅子/Asako
Michiko Ikuno
Michiko Ikuno
章子/Shoko
Seiji Nishimura
三好/Miyoshi
Shirō Ōsaka
Shirō Ōsaka
啓吉/Keikichi
Akira Takakura
二郎/Jiro
Kaoru Aikawa
Sumiko
Chuichi Inagawa
Inoue
Hideko Mimura
Hideko Mimura
Oshige
Torao Mitsuyama
Noboru
Shin'yō Nara
Shin'yō Nara
Furukawa
Yasuhiko Sakaki
Aoki
Crew
Shôhei Takei
Screenplay
Yasushi Sasaki
Yasushi Sasaki
Director
Takao Yanai
Screenplay
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