70
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Three college friends support swimmer Okubo through family and financial troubles. Junko, a woman he helped, develops feelings for him, while a former classmate reappears. With his friends’ quiet help, Okubo regains focus and wins a major student swimming competition.
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At a glance
Running time
1 h 45 min
A typical length for comedies, +5 min on the typical 100
typical 100105Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Released
1957
September 22, 1957
69 years ago
Genres
ComedyRomanceLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
Japan
and 14 more20 people
- Akira TakaradaTakada Shinichi
- Akira KuboŌkubo Akira
- Tatsuyoshi EharaMaehara Tatsuo
- Yōko TsukasaMizuno Junko
- Reiko DanNakajima Michiko
- Michiyo TamakiTogami Keiko
- Mitsuko KusabueKoshiba Harumi
- Keiju KobayashiYamaoka
Hiroshi TachikawaMatsumoto
Kenji SaharaYamada
Kamatari FujiwaraŌkubo Reisuke
Tomoko MatsushimaNakajima Masako
Nijiko KiyokawaŌkubo Tsuneko
Norihei MikiCleaning Shop Owner- 谷谷節子Ōkubo Nobuko
- YOYukihiko OsawaMizuno Kōichirō
Atsuko IchinomiyaNakajima’s Wife
Haruya KatōYokoyama- レレオポルド・マレスコMaruyama
Yū FujikiOkabe
Directing · 1
- Nobuo Aoyagi Director
Writing · 1
- Ryōzō Kasahara Screenplay
Camera · 1
- Seiichi Endo Director of Photography
Sound · 3
- Yūji Koseki Music
- Akira Takarada Theme Song Performance
- Masanobu Miyazaki Sound
Art · 2
- Takeo Kita Art Direction
- Iwao Akune Art Direction
Lighting · 1
- Kakuzo Nishikawa Gaffer
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