Drama · Japan · 1955 · 1h 54m

Ghost Story of Youth

青春怪談

Director

Cast

Izumi Ashikawa as Shinko Fujitani Mie Kitahara as Chiharu Okumura So Yamamura as Tetsuya, father of Chiharu Tatsuya Mihashi as Shinichi Utsunomiya Yukiko Todoroki as Choko, mother of Shinichi Hisako Yamane as Tomi Funakoshi

Crew

Shigeyoshi Mine — Director of Photography Masanori Tsujii — Editor Toshirō Mayuzumi — Original Music Composer Natto Wada — Screenplay Bunroku Shishi — Novel Takeshi Yamamoto — Producer

Synopsis

A melodrama of the ups and downs of youth, based on Bunroku Shishi’s popular novel. Chiharu, a ballerina, and Shinichi, a thorough rationalist and childhood friend. A woman named Tomi Funakoshi appears in front of the two, who are thinking of getting married someday.

Key Collaborators

Kon Ichikawa Director Shigeyoshi Mine Director of Photography Masanori Tsujii Editor Toshirō Mayuzumi Original Music Composer Natto Wada Screenplay Bunroku Shishi Novel Takeshi Yamamoto Producer Masayuki Takagi Producer Kimihiko Nakamura Production Design

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