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.

Director: Yasushi Sasaki

Cast: Reikichi Kawamura, Toyo Takahashi, Michiko Ikuno, Seiji Nishimura, Shirō Ōsaka, Akira Takakura, Kaoru Aikawa, Chuichi Inagawa

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.