Why Are We Young?

"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."

Cast

Yūjirō Ishihara

as Kensuke Nonomura

Yukiyo Toake

as Keiko Sugiura

Hiroyuki Ôta

as Yasuo Takamatsu

Mieko Nishio

as Ikuko Higuchi

Fujio Suga

as Katsumata, vice-principal

Kokinji Katsura

as Terada's father

Shōki Fukae

as Kanedaka

Torahiko Hamada

as Takamatsu's father

Kaku Takashina

as Uegen

Kichijirō Ueda

as Yamayoshi, postmaster

Zenji Yamada

as Tomota

Reiko Arai

as Miss Matsuoka

Crew

Toshio Masuda

Director

Nobuo Yamada

Screenplay

Toshio Masuda

Screenplay

Shintarō Ishihara

Story

Minoru Yokoyama

Cinematography

Harumi Ibe

Music

Keiichi Ozawa

Assistant Director