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Why Are We Young? (1965)

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.

Release: 1965-07-14
Runtime: 103 min
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