Twenty-Year-Old Youth
movie

Released May 23, 1946
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
as
桑原/Kuwabara

Toyo Takahashi
as
浅子/Asako

Michiko Ikuno
as
章子/Shoko
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Seiji Nishimura
as
三好/Miyoshi

Shirō Ōsaka
as
啓吉/Keikichi
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Akira Takakura
as
二郎/Jiro
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Kaoru Aikawa
as
Sumiko
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Chuichi Inagawa
as
Inoue

Hideko Mimura
as
Oshige
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Torao Mitsuyama
as
Noboru

Shin'yō Nara
as
Furukawa
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Yasuhiko Sakaki
as
Aoki
