Triumphant Song of Youth

Swimmers Akio and Natsuko train hard for national competition while Natsuko struggles with family chaos — her father’s affair and her mother’s push for an arranged marriage. Pretending to date teammate Akio to escape pressure, Natsuko soon realizes her feelings are real.

Country:

Japan

Genre:

Romance,

Comedy

Duration:

46 minutes

Year:

1956

Director:

Nobuo Aoyagi

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Company:

TOHO

Cast:
Akira Takarada

Akio Shimamura

Naomi Shiraishi

Natsuko (Kintarō’s daughter)

Takeshi Sakamoto

Genkichi Ogawa

Kingorō Yanagiya

Kintarō Tagawa

Nijiko Kiyokawa

Kiyoko (Kintarō’s wife)

Crew:
Nobuo Aoyagi

Director

Haruo Umeda

Screenplay

Hachiro Matsui

Music

Seiichi Endo

Director of Photography

Masaki Ônuma

Gaffer