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Keep Your Chin Up

Mar 4, 1962 · 1h 32m
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Drama

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Kawanishi Kyu and Tomoda Ryoji, two waifs, are inmates of a Reform School. One night, the boys succeed in a mass escape and split up. Kyu and Ryoji hear the sirens shrieking behind them and panic. Kyu pretends he has been hit by a small truck and Ryoji demands that they be taken to a hospital, little dreaming that Nagai, the driver, is the official guardian of juveniles. The next morning the two boys hear a light knock, and Nagai's daughter, Noriko enters, but surprise is changed to fear as they see her father approaching with Kume, the Juvenile Officer. Their one thought is escape but Kyu discovers his leg is stiff and it pains him to move. In the excitement, he had not realized he had really been hit by the truck. He sends Ryoji away while he waits alone for Officer Kume. Nagai takes Kyu under his wing, while Ryoji finds himself again in the hard-boiled world.

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CAST

Kyū Sakamoto
Kyô Kawanishi
Mitsuo Hamada
Ryôji Tomoda
Sayuri Yoshinaga
Noriko Nagai
Tomoko Watanabe
Mitsuko Nagai
Daizaburo Hirata
Wakabayashi
Masao Shimizu
Shôichirô
Yasukiyo Umeno
Jessie Maki
Shinsuke Ashida
Tokuzô Nagai
Directed by Toshio Masuda

DETAILS

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

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