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Twenty-Year-Old Youth (1946)
Directed by Yasushi Sasaki
Comedy, Romance · 1h 12m
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.
Cast
Reikichi Kawamura
Toyo Takahashi
Michiko Ikuno
Shirō Ōsaka
Hideko Mimura
Shin'yō Nara
Crew
- Director
- Yasushi Sasaki
- Screenplay
- Shôhei Takei, Takao Yanai
- Director of Photography
- Takeshi Saitô
- Original Music Composer
- Tadashi Manjome
Details
- Original title
- はたちの青春
- Release date
- 1946-05-23
- Runtime
- 1h 12m
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Shôchiku Dôga Kenkyûjo