Why Are We Young?

Jul 14, 1965

1h 43m

★ 0.0

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Nikkatsu Corporation

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Cast

Kensuke Nonomura

Yūjirō Ishihara

Keiko Sugiura

Yukiyo Toake

Yasuo Takamatsu

Hiroyuki Ôta

Ikuko Higuchi

Mieko Nishio

Katsumata, vice-principal

Fujio Suga

Terada's father

Kokinji Katsura

Kanedaka

Shōki Fukae

Takamatsu's father

Torahiko Hamada

Uegen

Kaku Takashina

Yamayoshi, postmaster

Kichijirō Ueda

Tomota

Zenji Yamada

Miss Matsuoka

Reiko Arai

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