The Days of Youth are Days of Sadness (1954)
In a certain port town, there is a group of young men called the Wakakusa-kai. The chairman Oda (Miki), member Ichiro Sonoda (Ishihama), his sister and music lover Keiko (Misora), Keiko's classmate Sachiko (Ota Chieko) and her brother Shoji (Yamada) meet enthusiastically to brighten the town and help themselves grow. Ichiro's family lives with his father and Keiko in a milk shop, but Keiko's desire to go to music school is unlikely to be fulfilled. Meanwhile, Shoji's father is trying to get Shoji and Keiko married.
Director:
Tsuruo Iwama
Writers:
Tsuruo Iwama, Sadao Nakamura.
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Hibari Misora as |
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Akira Ishihama as |
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Shinji Yamada as |
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太田千恵子 as |
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Eiichi Sugasawara as |
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三木隆 as |
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高瀬乗二 as |
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Kamon Kawamura as |
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故里弥生 as |
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Izumi Ashikawa as |
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Hiromi Ogita as |
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Shin Tokudaiji as |
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Tatsuo Saitō as |
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Sadako Sawamura as |
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Chieko Higashiyama as |
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Machiko Mizuhara as |
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Hideaki Nagai as |
| Directing | Tsuruo Iwama | Director |
| Writing | Tsuruo Iwama | Screenplay |
| Writing | Sadao Nakamura | Screenplay |
| Sound | Tadashi Manjome | Music |