
The Days of Youth are Days of Sadness
1954, Japanese. Directed by Tsuruo Iwama.
In a certain port town, there is a group of young men called the Wakakusa-kai. The chairman Oda (Miki), member Ichiro Sonoda (Ishihama), his sister and music lover Keiko (Misora), Keiko's classmate Sachiko (Ota Chieko) and her brother Shoji (Yamada) meet enthusiastically to brighten the town and help themselves grow. Ichiro's family lives with his father and Keiko in a milk shop, but Keiko's desire to go to music school is unlikely to be fulfilled. Meanwhile, Shoji's father is trying to get Shoji and Keiko married.
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 29 September 1954
- Original title
- 若き日は悲し
- Written by
- Tsuruo Iwama, Sadao Nakamura
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The Days of Youth are Days of Sadness isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 29 September 1954. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Days of Youth are Days of Sadness?
The Days of Youth are Days of Sadness (1954) was directed by Tsuruo Iwama and stars Hibari Misora, Akira Ishihama, Shinji Yamada.