The Tempters: Smile After Tears
1969, Japanese. Directed by Seiichiro Uchikawa.
Layabout teen Shoken is dissatisfied with his nagging single mother and bullies at school. He and his friends decide to form a cool rock band, but a tragic discovery about his family weighs on Shoken heavily.
- Runtime
- 1h 21m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 29 March 1969
- Original title
- ザ・テンプターズ 涙のあとに微笑みを
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Ichirō Ikeda
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The Tempters: Smile After Tears runs 81 minutes (1h 21m).
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Which OTT platform is The Tempters: Smile After Tears on?
The Tempters: Smile After Tears isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 29 March 1969. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Tempters: Smile After Tears?
The Tempters: Smile After Tears (1969) was directed by Seiichiro Uchikawa and stars Kenichi Hagiwara, Yuji Matsuzaki, Noboru Takahisa.