Why Are We Young? (1965)
1965 · 1h 43m · Drama
Genres: Drama
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.
Director: Toshio Masuda
Writers: Nobuo Yamada, Toshio Masuda, Shintarō Ishihara
Music by: Harumi Ibe
Cinematography: Minoru Yokoyama
Cast
Yūjirō Ishihara as Kensuke NonomuraYukiyo Toake as Keiko SugiuraHiroyuki Ôta as Yasuo TakamatsuMieko Nishio as Ikuko HiguchiFujio Suga as Katsumata, vice-principalKokinji Katsura as Terada's fatherShōki Fukae as KanedakaTorahiko Hamada as Takamatsu's fatherKaku Takashina as UegenKichijirō Ueda as Yamayoshi, postmasterZenji Yamada as TomotaReiko Arai as Miss MatsuokaMore like this
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