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Why Are We Young?

1965·103 min·日本語·Directed by Toshio Masuda

Drama

Synopsis

After ten years of study in the US, Nonomura Kensuke returns to Japan to be an English teacher at a local high school. Kensuke's nontraditional teaching style stirs up the school, but the students gradually accept him.

Main Cast

Yūjirō Ishihara

Yūjirō Ishihara

Kensuke Nonomura

Yukiyo Toake

Yukiyo Toake

Keiko Sugiura

Hiroyuki Ôta

Hiroyuki Ôta

Yasuo Takamatsu

Mieko Nishio

Mieko Nishio

Ikuko Higuchi

Fujio Suga

Fujio Suga

Katsumata, vice-principal

Kokinji Katsura

Kokinji Katsura

Terada's father

Shōki Fukae

Shōki Fukae

Kanedaka

Torahiko Hamada

Torahiko Hamada

Takamatsu's father

Kaku Takashina

Kaku Takashina

Uegen

Kichijirō Ueda

Kichijirō Ueda

Yamayoshi, postmaster

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Release DateJul 14, 1965

Popularity0

Original Language日本語

ProductionNikkatsu Corporation