Twenty-Year-Old Youth (1946)

7.0/10 • 72 min • Comedy Romance

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

桑原/Kuwabara

Toyo Takahashi

Michiko Ikuno

Shirō Ōsaka

啓吉/Keikichi

Hideko Mimura

Shin'yō Nara

Takeshi Sakamoto

Morita

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