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Why Are We Young?
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Why Are We Young? 1965 Directed by Toshio Masuda 青春とはなんだ

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.

Country Japan
Production Country Japan
Language Japanese
Spoken Language Japanese
Gnere Drama
Production Company Nikkatsu Corporation
Release Date 14 July 1965
103 mins
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
Zenji Yamada
Zenji Yamada Tomota
Reiko Arai
Reiko Arai Miss Matsuoka
Crew
Director
Toshio Masuda
Toshio Masuda
Writers
Nobuo Yamada
Nobuo Yamada
Toshio Masuda
Toshio Masuda
Story
Shintarō Ishihara
Shintarō Ishihara
Music
Harumi Ibe
Harumi Ibe
Assistant Director
Keiichi Ozawa
Keiichi Ozawa