The Age of Our Own

· 1959

Minami Yasuo, a college student, lives with Yuriko who has become the mistress of a foreigner named Wilson. Whenever Wilson comes, Yasuo spends his time in the tea-shop "La Gana." Yasuo is asked by his brother Shigeru to teach French to Akiko, a young girl who is studying French songs. Yasuo then learns that he is the winner of an essay contest and will be offered a scholarship to study in France. Akiko, is now pregnant and Yasuo promises to break with Yuriko.

Starring

Hiroyuki Nagato, Koreyoshi Kurahara, Yoshio Shirasaka, Misako Watanabe, Yûji Odaka, Nobuo Kaneko, Kenzaburô Oe, Yasukiyo Umeno, Kazuko Yoshiyuki

Director

Koreyoshi Kurahara