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Why Are We Young?

19651h 43mMovieDrama

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.

DirectorToshio Masuda
WritersNobuo Yamada·Toshio Masuda

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Why Are We Young? isn't on any streaming service in United States right now, but it's available in Japan. Streaming rights are licensed per country.

Cast · Directed by Toshio Masuda

YIYūjirō Ishihara
Yūjirō Ishihara
Kensuke Nonomura
YTYukiyo Toake
Yukiyo Toake
Keiko Sugiura
HÔHiroyuki Ôta
Hiroyuki Ôta
Yasuo Takamatsu
MNMieko Nishio
Mieko Nishio
Ikuko Higuchi
FSFujio Suga
Fujio Suga
Katsumata, vice-principal
KKKokinji Katsura
Kokinji Katsura
Terada's father
SFShōki Fukae
Shōki Fukae
Kanedaka
THTorahiko Hamada
Torahiko Hamada
Takamatsu's father
KTKaku Takashina
Kaku Takashina
Uegen
KUKichijirō Ueda
Kichijirō Ueda
Yamayoshi, postmaster
ZYZenji Yamada
Zenji Yamada
Tomota
RAReiko Arai
Reiko Arai
Miss Matsuoka

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