Twenty-Year-Old Youth

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.

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Reikichi Kawamura

桑原/Kuwabara

Toyo Takahashi

浅子/Asako

Michiko Ikuno

章子/Shoko

Seiji Nishimura

三好/Miyoshi

Shirō Ōsaka

啓吉/Keikichi

Akira Takakura

二郎/Jiro

Shin'yō Nara

Furukawa

Aki Sakuraba

Mizukami

Emi Shimura

Yamashita

Camera

Takeshi Saitô

Director of Photography

Directing

Yasushi Sasaki

Director

Sound

Tadashi Manjome

Original Music Composer

Writing

Shôhei Takei

Screenplay

Takao Yanai

Screenplay

Camera

Takeshi Saitô

Director of Photography

Directing

Yasushi Sasaki

Director

Sound

Tadashi Manjome

Original Music Composer

Writing

Shôhei Takei

Screenplay

Takao Yanai

Screenplay