Twenty-Year-Old Youth
72 mins
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.
Seiji Nishimura
三好/Miyoshi
Akira Takakura
二郎/Jiro
Kaoru Aikawa
Sumiko
Chuichi Inagawa
Inoue
Torao Mitsuyama
Noboru
Yasuhiko Sakaki
Aoki
Aki Sakuraba
Mizukami
Emi Shimura
Yamashita
Takeshi Saitô
Director of Photography
Tadashi Manjome
Original Music Composer
Shôhei Takei
Screenplay
Takao Yanai
Screenplay