Comedy ·Romance · Japan · 1946 · 1h 12m

Twenty-Year-Old Youth

はたちの青春

Synopsis

The film features the first scene with kissing in a Japanese film. Kiss scenes were encouraged by the American occupiers of Japan following World War II as it encouraged westernization and contrasted with the traditional bow prevalent in that country.

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