Twenty-Year-Old Youth (1946)
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.
Director:
Yasushi Sasaki
Writers:
Shôhei Takei, Takao Yanai.
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Reikichi Kawamura as 桑原/Kuwabara |
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Toyo Takahashi as 浅子/Asako |
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Michiko Ikuno as 章子/Shoko |
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Seiji Nishimura as 三好/Miyoshi |
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Shirō Ōsaka as 啓吉/Keikichi |
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Akira Takakura as 二郎/Jiro |
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Kaoru Aikawa as Sumiko |
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Chuichi Inagawa as Inoue |
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Hideko Mimura as Oshige |
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Torao Mitsuyama as Noboru |
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Shin'yō Nara as Furukawa |
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Yasuhiko Sakaki as Aoki |
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Takeshi Sakamoto as Morita |
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Aki Sakuraba as Mizukami |
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Emi Shimura as Yamashita |
| Camera | Takeshi Saitô | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Tadashi Manjome | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Yasushi Sasaki | Director |
| Writing | Shôhei Takei | Screenplay |
| Writing | Takao Yanai | Screenplay |
