B.G Story: Designs of a 20 Year-Old (1961)

9.0/10 90 min Drama

Overview

Ayako Kurimura, a new B.G. at Nitto Electric, becomes the object of affection for both her brother's colleague Kazuo Fukami and the flirtatious executive’s son, Hiroshi Tsuzawa. As office romances and corporate ambitions collide, relationships shift: heartbreak leads to new connections, old flames reemerge, and Hiroshi is ultimately disowned. Ayako helps him reunite with former lover Yoko, sending them off to Osaka while those around her find new beginnings.

Cast

Yuriko Hoshi

Kyoko Kurimura (new BG employee)

Jun Funato

Taro Kurimura (Kyoko's brother, salaryman)

Akemi Kita

Kanako Ashio (bar waitress)

Kumi Mizuno

Setsuko Ono (BG)

Mie Hama

Taneko Matsumura (BG)

Takashi Inagaki

Hiroshi Tsuzawa (executive's son, playboy)

Tatsuo Matsumura

Executive Tsuzawa

Yōko Fujiyama

Kuniko Daido (daughter of major shareholder)

Kiyoshi Kodama

Yuzo Daido (Kuniko's brother, pianist)

Toranosuke Ogawa

Daido Sr. (Kuniko's father)

Fumiko Okamura

Mrs. Daido

Tatsuyoshi Ehara

Kazuo Fukami (salaryman)

Ichirō Arishima

Gozo Yoshioka (section chief)

Toki Shiozawa

Yuriko Yoshioka (Gozo's wife)

Naoya Kusakawa

Gohei Sugiura (delinquent youth)

Teruko Mita

Landlady (oden shop)

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