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NR 1h 12m

Twenty-Year-Old Youth

The film features the first scene with kissing in a Japanese film. Kiss scenes were encouraged by the American occupiers of Japan following World War II as it encouraged westernization and contrasted with the traditional bow prevalent in that country.

Top Cast

  • Reikichi Kawamura

    Reikichi Kawamura

    桑原/Kuwabara

  • Toyo Takahashi

    Toyo Takahashi

    浅子/Asako

  • Michiko Ikuno

    Michiko Ikuno

    章子/Shoko

  • Seiji Nishimura

    Seiji Nishimura

    三好/Miyoshi

  • Shirō Ōsaka

    Shirō Ōsaka

    啓吉/Keikichi

  • Akira Takakura

    Akira Takakura

    二郎/Jiro

  • Kaoru Aikawa

    Kaoru Aikawa

    Sumiko

  • Chuichi Inagawa

    Chuichi Inagawa

    Inoue

  • Hideko Mimura

    Hideko Mimura

    Oshige

Overview

The film features the first scene with kissing in a Japanese film. Kiss scenes were encouraged by the American occupiers of Japan following World War II as it encouraged westernization and contrasted with the traditional bow prevalent in that country.

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Relative Values

A comedy of discriminating taste and dirty little secrets. In 1952 England, Nigel, the Earl of Marshwood, woos Hollywood star Miranda, upsetting both Nigel's mother, Countess Felicity, and Miranda's former love fellow Hollywood star Don. Right before the engagement party at Marshwood, Moxie, the Countess's personal maid and best friend, reveals that Miranda is her estranged sister. Crestwell, the Countess's butler, devises a plan - but an inebriated Don's arrival at Marshwood to talk to Miranda causes all chaos to break loose.

Relative Values

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