Twenty-Year-Old Youth

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.

Directed by Yasushi Sasaki

Top cast

Reikichi Kawamura

桑原/Kuwabara

Toyo Takahashi

浅子/Asako

Michiko Ikuno

章子/Shoko

S

Seiji Nishimura

三好/Miyoshi

Shirō Ōsaka

啓吉/Keikichi

A

Akira Takakura

二郎/Jiro

K

Kaoru Aikawa

Sumiko

C

Chuichi Inagawa

Inoue

Hideko Mimura

Oshige

T

Torao Mitsuyama

Noboru

Shin'yō Nara

Furukawa

Y

Yasuhiko Sakaki

Aoki

Takeshi Sakamoto

Morita

A

Aki Sakuraba

Mizukami

E

Emi Shimura

Yamashita

Details