Triumphant Song of Youth (1956)
Swimmers Akio and Natsuko train hard for national competition while Natsuko struggles with family chaos — her father’s affair and her mother’s push for an arranged marriage. Pretending to date teammate Akio to escape pressure, Natsuko soon realizes her feelings are real.
Director:
Nobuo Aoyagi
Writer:
Haruo Umeda
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Akira Takarada as Akio Shimamura |
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Naomi Shiraishi as Natsuko (Kintarō’s daughter) |
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Takeshi Sakamoto as Genkichi Ogawa |
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Kingorō Yanagiya as Kintarō Tagawa |
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Nijiko Kiyokawa as Kiyoko (Kintarō’s wife) |
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Yū Fujiki as Coach Saita |
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Keiko Môri as Yoshiko Aida |
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Michiyo Tamaki as Emiko (Cabaret waitress) |
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Atsuko Ichinomiya as Genkichi’s wife |
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Ichiryusai Teiho as Isohachi Yamamoto |
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Yayoko Kitano as Fumiko Kawano |
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Kiyomi Mizunoya as Maid Matsu |
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Kunie Tanaka as |
| Directing | Nobuo Aoyagi | Director |
| Writing | Haruo Umeda | Screenplay |
| Sound | Hachiro Matsui | Music |
| Camera | Seiichi Endo | Director of Photography |
| Lighting | Masaki Ônuma | Gaffer |
| Art | Hiroshi Ueda | Art Direction |
| Sound | Kenji Nagaoka | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Ryo Takei | Producer |
| Production | Ichirō Satō | Producer |
| Editing | Kazuji Taira | Editor |
| Directing | Eiji Iwashiro | Assistant Director |
| Production | 西村俊一 | Production Manager |
| Camera | Takashi Iwai | Still Photographer |
