Why Are We Young?

1h 43m
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.

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
Kaku Takashina
Uegen
Kichijirō Ueda
Yamayoshi, postmaster
Zenji Yamada
Tomota
Reiko Arai
Miss Matsuoka

Crew

Toshio Masuda
Director, Screenplay
Nobuo Yamada
Screenplay
Shintarō Ishihara
Story
Minoru Yokoyama
Cinematography
Keiichi Ozawa
Assistant Director
Harumi Ibe
Music

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