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No Regrets for Our Youth (1946)
Waga seishun ni kuinashi (original title)

110 min  -  Drama   -  6 June 1980 (USA)
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The daughter of a politically disgraced university professor struggles to find a place for herself in love and life, in the uncertain world of Japan leading into WWII.

Director:

Akira Kurosawa
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Setsuko Hara ...
Yukie Yagihara
Susumu Fujita Susumu Fujita ...
Ruykichi Noge
Denjirô Ôkôchi Denjirô Ôkôchi ...
Professor Yagihara
Haruko Sugimura Haruko Sugimura ...
Madame Noge
Eiko Miyoshi Eiko Miyoshi ...
Madame Yagihara
Kokuten Kôdô Kokuten Kôdô ...
Mr. Noge
Akitake Kôno Akitake Kôno ...
Itokawa
Takashi Shimura ...
Police Commissioner 'Poison Strawberry' Dokuichigo
Taizô Fukami Taizô Fukami ...
Minister of Education
Masao Shimizu Masao Shimizu ...
Professor Hakozaki
Haruo Tanaka Haruo Tanaka ...
Student
Kazu Hikari Kazu Hikari ...
Detective
Hisako Hara Hisako Hara ...
Itokawa's Mother
Shin Takemura Shin Takemura ...
Prosecutor
Tateo Kawasaki Tateo Kawasaki ...
Servant
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Storyline

In 1933, in Kyoto, the academic freedom is under attack and the spoiled daughter of Professor Yagihara, Yukie Yagihara, is courted by the idealistic student Ruykichi Noge and by the tolerant Itokawa. When the academic freedom is crushed by the fascists, Professor Yagihara and the members of the Faculty of Law resigns from their positions and Noge is arrested. Five years later, Noge visits Professor Yagihara and his family under the custody of the now Prosecutor Itokawa and tells that he is going to China. Yukie decides to move alone to Tokyo and years later, she meets Itokawa in Tokyo and he tells that Noge is living in Tokyo. Yukie visits Noge and they become lovers. In 1941, Noge is arrested accused of ringleader of a spy network and Yukie is also sent to prison. When she is released, she decides to move to the peasant village where Noge's parents live and are blamed of being spies by the villagers... Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  

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Plot Keywords:

Anti War

Genres:

Drama

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Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

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Also Known As:

No Regrets for My Youth See more »

Filming Locations:

Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

Toho Company See more »
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Sound Mix:

Mono

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Trivia

The scenes of the student demonstrations, filmed outside the gate of Kyoto University, contains fairly older looking students. That was because, aside from the main cast of characters, the rest of the "students" were played by all the assistant directors in an effort to keep costs low. See more »

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Featured in 100 Years of Japanese Cinema (1995) See more »