Summary
Yoshida's first feature follows the lives of young students against a background of jazz, emptiness and boredom. The plot is fairly simple: a "good-for-nothing" from a poor background falls in love with the young secretary of his rich friend's father. The woman senses good in him and tries to lead him on the right path.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Teens
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 68GoodWatch 69
IMDb6.8
Running time
1 h 28 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 dramas, −21 min on the typical 109
typical 10988Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country
Released
1960
July 5, 1960
66 years ago
Genres
DramaCrimeLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
- Japan
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityMild
- Dark themesModerate
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightPartner WatchSolo WatchTeensDrop-in FriendlyThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 4 moreDirecting · 1
- Yoshishige Yoshida Director, Screenplay
Production · 1
- Kaneo Imaizumi Producer
Camera · 1
- Tōichirō Narushima Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Keiichi Uraoka Editor
Sound · 2
- Chūji Kinoshita Original Music Composer
- Shotaro Yoshida Sound Recordist
Art · 1
- Tadataka Yoshino Art Direction
Lighting · 1
- Akio Tamura Lighting Technician
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