The Bride is Fifteen

The Bride is Fifteen (1964)

Hanayome wa Jūgo-sai, directed by Mio Ezaki and distributed by Nikkatsu, stars Masako Izumi and Ken Yamauchi. The high-key pink background and casual photographic portrait embody Nikkatsu’s 1960s youth-film aesthetic. Clean, hopeful, and pop-oriented. The large white title, handwritten for a softer impression, injects playful energy that contrasts with the strict vertical text blocks. As Japan’s youth culture blossomed after the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, posters like this captured the spirit of romance and rebellion marketed to teenage audiences. The vivid color palette and carefree composition signal a stylistic shift from postwar black-and-white melodrama to the vibrant optimism of modern Technicolor cinema.

Director: Mio Ezaki
Writers: Mio Ezaki, Eitaro Morikawa, Tsutomu Tamura.

Casts

	Ken Yamauchi as
	Masako Izumi as
	Eijirō Tōno as
	Tomoko Naraoka as
	Toshio Takahara as
	Kazuko Yoshiyuki as
	Masami Shimojō as
	Eimei Esumi as
	Toshio Sugiyama as
	Minako Katsuki as
	Kotoe Hatsui as
	Nobuo Kawakami as
	Ikunosuke Koizumi as
	Keisuke Yukioka as
	Masahiro Kinoshita as
	Tomio Aoki as
	Mizuho Suzuki as
	Ichiro Kijima as
	Hiroshi Ichimura as
	Yasuhiro Kameyama as
	Tokuhei Miyahara as
	Jōji Ehara as
	Takashi Nomura as
	Shirō Yanase as
	Mieko Nishio as
	Yōko Yamamoto as
	Fumiko Arita as
	Fusako Tsujino as
	Hiromi Katô as
	恩田恵子 as
	Shizuko Yoshida as
	Chigusa Takayama as
	Masaaki Honme as
	Toshizō Kudō as
	Yasuo Itoga as
	Shingo Ishioka as
	Tadao Kojima as
	Tatsuya Hamaguchi as
	Katsumi Ishizaki as
	Shinzō Shibata as
	Kokan Katsura as
	Jirô Horisaki as
	Kiyoaki Takekawa as
	荒川久美子 as
	Yoji Yamaguchi as
	Sanpei Mine as

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