Film

The Days of Youth are Days of Sadness

1954 · 1h 37m

In a certain port town, there is a group of young men called the Wakakusa-kai. The chairman Oda (Miki), member Ichiro Sonoda (Ishihama), his sister and music lover Keiko (Misora), Keiko's classmate Sachiko (Ota Chieko) and her brother Shoji (Yamada) meet enthusiastically to brighten the town and help themselves grow. Ichiro's family lives with his father and Keiko in a milk shop, but Keiko's desire to go to music school is unlikely to be fulfilled. Meanwhile, Shoji's father is trying to get Shoji and Keiko married.

Hibari Misora

Akira Ishihama

Shinji Yamada

太田千恵子

Eiichi Sugasawara

三木隆

高瀬乗二

Kamon Kawamura

故里弥生

Izumi Ashikawa

Hiromi Ogita

Shin Tokudaiji

Tatsuo Saitō

Sadako Sawamura

Chieko Higashiyama

Machiko Mizuhara

• Tsuruo IwamaDirector · Screenplay
• Sadao NakamuraScreenplay

Release date

September 29, 1954

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 37m