Why Are We Young?
1965, Japanese. Directed by Toshio Masuda.
After ten years of study in the US, Nonomura Kensuke returns to Japan to be an English teacher at a local high school. Kensuke's nontraditional teaching style stirs up the school, but the students gradually accept him.
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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Cast & crew
- Toshio MasudaDirector
- Yūjirō IshiharaKensuke Nonomura
- Yukiyo ToakeKeiko Sugiura
- Hiroyuki ÔtaYasuo Takamatsu
- Mieko NishioIkuko Higuchi
- Fujio SugaKatsumata, vice-principal
- Kokinji KatsuraTerada's father
- Shōki FukaeKanedaka
- Torahiko HamadaTakamatsu's father
- Kaku TakashinaUegen
- Kichijirō UedaYamayoshi, postmaster
- Zenji YamadaTomota
- Reiko AraiMiss Matsuoka
Details
- Released
- 14 July 1965
- Original title
- 青春とはなんだ
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Nobuo Yamada, Toshio Masuda, Shintarō Ishihara
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Why Are We Young? runs 103 minutes (1h 43m).
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Why Are We Young? isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 14 July 1965. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
What movies are like Why Are We Young??
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Who directed Why Are We Young??
Why Are We Young? (1965) was directed by Toshio Masuda and stars Yūjirō Ishihara, Yukiyo Toake, Hiroyuki Ôta.