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Why Are We Young?

Jul 14, 1965 · 1h 43m
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Drama

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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.

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CAST

Yūjirō Ishihara
Kensuke Nonomura
Yukiyo Toake
Keiko Sugiura
Hiroyuki Ôta
Yasuo Takamatsu
Mieko Nishio
Ikuko Higuchi
Fujio Suga
Katsumata, vice-principal
Kokinji Katsura
Terada's father
Shōki Fukae
Kanedaka
Torahiko Hamada
Takamatsu's father
Directed by Toshio Masuda

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
JA
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Nikkatsu Corporation
Country
JP

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