Twenty-Year-Old Youth (1946)

Twenty-Year-Old Youth

Twenty-Year-Old Youth

1946 · Movie · Comedy · Romance

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.

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.

Cast

Reikichi Kawamura

Reikichi Kawamura

桑原/Kuwabara

Toyo Takahashi

Toyo Takahashi

浅子/Asako

Michiko Ikuno

Michiko Ikuno

章子/Shoko

Seiji Nishimura

三好/Miyoshi

Shirō Ōsaka

Shirō Ōsaka

啓吉/Keikichi

Akira Takakura

二郎/Jiro

Kaoru Aikawa

Sumiko

Chuichi Inagawa

Inoue

Hideko Mimura

Hideko Mimura

Oshige

Torao Mitsuyama

Noboru

Shin'yō Nara

Shin'yō Nara

Furukawa

Yasuhiko Sakaki

Aoki

Takeshi Sakamoto

Takeshi Sakamoto

Morita

Aki Sakuraba

Mizukami