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Why Are We Young?

19650.0 / 10103 min
Drama

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.

Cast

Yūjirō Ishihara

Yūjirō Ishihara

Kensuke Nonomura

Yukiyo Toake

Yukiyo Toake

Keiko Sugiura

Hiroyuki Ôta

Hiroyuki Ôta

Yasuo Takamatsu

Mieko Nishio

Mieko Nishio

Ikuko Higuchi

Fujio Suga

Fujio Suga

Katsumata, vice-principal

Kokinji Katsura

Kokinji Katsura

Terada's father

Shōki Fukae

Shōki Fukae

Kanedaka

Torahiko Hamada

Torahiko Hamada

Takamatsu's father

Kaku Takashina

Kaku Takashina

Uegen

Kichijirō Ueda

Kichijirō Ueda

Yamayoshi, postmaster

Zenji Yamada

Zenji Yamada

Tomota

Reiko Arai

Reiko Arai

Miss Matsuoka

Crew

Toshio Masuda

Toshio Masuda

Director

Nobuo Yamada

Nobuo Yamada

Screenplay

Toshio Masuda

Toshio Masuda

Screenplay

Shintarō Ishihara

Shintarō Ishihara

Story

Minoru Yokoyama

Minoru Yokoyama

Cinematography

Harumi Ibe

Harumi Ibe

Music

Keiichi Ozawa

Keiichi Ozawa

Assistant Director