Film

The Age of Our Own

1959 · 1h 38m

Minami Yasuo, a college student, lives with Yuriko who has become the mistress of a foreigner named Wilson. Whenever Wilson comes, Yasuo spends his time in the tea-shop "La Gana." Yasuo is asked by his brother Shigeru to teach French to Akiko, a young girl who is studying French songs. Yasuo then learns that he is the winner of an essay contest and will be offered a scholarship to study in France. Akiko, is now pregnant and Yasuo promises to break with Yuriko.

Hiroyuki Nagato

Yasuo

Misako Watanabe

Yoriko

Nobuo Kaneko

Yasukiyo Umeno

Kazuko Yoshiyuki

Yuji Odaka

• Koreyoshi KuraharaDirector
• Yoshio ShirasakaScreenplay
• Yoshihiro YamazakiDirector of Photography
• Masaru SatōOriginal Music Composer
• Akira SuzukiEditor

Release date

November 25, 1959

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 38m