Seishun to wa nanda
Released: July 14, 1965Runtime: 103 minLanguage: JA
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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Yujiro Ishihara
as Kensuke Nonomura
Hiroyuki Ota
as Yasuo Takamatsu
Mieko Nishio
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Yukiyo Toake
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Fujio Suga
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Kokinji Katsura
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Kappei Matsumoto
as Miyauchi, principal
Jun Ichi Takashiro
as Mr. Yamasumi
Torahiko Hamada
as Takamatsu's father
Kichijiro Ueda
as Yamayoshi, postmaster
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