Days of Youth

1929 film

  • 13 April 1929 (1929-04-13)
Running time
103 minutesCountryJapanLanguageJapanese

Days of Youth (学生ロマンス 若き日, Gakusei romance: Wakaki hi, 1929) is a Japanese comedy film directed by Yasujirō Ozu. It is the oldest known surviving film by the director.[1] The film tells of two friends from a university (played by Ichirō Yūki and Tatsuo Saitō) who vie for the attention of the same girl (Junko Matsui) during a skiing trip.

Cast

  • Ichirō Yūki as Bin Watanabe (a student)
  • Tatsuo Saitō as Shūichi Yamamoto (a student)
  • Junko Matsui as Chieko
  • Chōko Iida as Chieko's mother
  • Eiko Takamatsu as Landlady
  • Shōichi Kofujita as Shōji (her son)
  • Ichirō Ōkuni as Professor Anayama
  • Takeshi Sakamoto as Professor
  • Shin'ichi Himori as Hatamoto (a student)
  • Fusao Yamada as Kobayashi (a student)
  • Chishū Ryū as Student

References

  1. ^ Stuart Galbraith IV. "Days of Youth DVD review". Archived from the original on 28 October 2007. Retrieved 24 March 2008.
  • Days of Youth at IMDb
  • Days of Youth at Ozu-san.com
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