Triumphant Song of Youth (1956)

Triumphant Song of Youth

1956

Romance Comedy

Synopsis

Swimmers Akio and Natsuko train hard for national competition while Natsuko struggles with family chaos — her father’s affair and her mother’s push for an arranged marriage. Pretending to date teammate Akio to escape pressure, Natsuko soon realizes her feelings are real.

Credits

Director

Nobuo Aoyagi

Cast

Akira Takarada as Akio Shimamura

Atsuko Ichinomiya as Genkichi’s wife

Ichiryusai Teiho as Isohachi Yamamoto

Keiko Môri as Yoshiko Aida

Kingorō Yanagiya as Kintarō Tagawa

Michiyo Tamaki as Emiko (Cabaret waitress)

Naomi Shiraishi as Natsuko (Kintarō’s daughter)

Nijiko Kiyokawa as Kiyoko (Kintarō’s wife)