Twenty-Year-Old Youth 1946 Directed by Yasushi Sasaki はたちの青春

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.

Country Japan
Production Country Japan
Language Japanese
Spoken Language Japanese
Gneres Comedy , Romance
Production Company Shôchiku Dôga Kenkyûjo
Release Date 23 May 1946
72 mins
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
Shin'yō Nara Furukawa
Aki Sakuraba Mizukami
Emi Shimura Yamashita