Twenty-Year-Old Youth (はたちの青春)

Overview

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.

Key Crew

Top Cast

Reikichi Kawamura

桑原/Kuwabara

Toyo Takahashi

浅子/Asako

Michiko Ikuno

章子/Shoko

Seiji Nishimura

三好/Miyoshi

Shirō Ōsaka

啓吉/Keikichi

Akira Takakura

二郎/Jiro

Kaoru Aikawa

Sumiko

Chuichi Inagawa

Inoue