A day in the life of Ako, a 16-year-old Japanese girl, and her friends and co-workers. An alarm clock wakes her in a dorm; she gets ready for work and travels to a large bakery. We see her with friends, chatting and laughing, as well as working. They go out, seven of them jammed in an old Pontiac: bowling, then to an amusement park, then driving around. Car trouble may put her at risk. Is she going to be okay? One of four film sketches on the problems of adolescents facing the adult world in the 1960s included in the anthology film That Tender Age (La fleur de l'âge, ou Les adolescentes). The three other sketches were directed by Michel Brault, Jean Rouch, and Gian Vittorio Baldi.
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Hiroshi Teshigahara Director · Kōbō Abe Story Tōru Takemitsu Composer
First release August 31, 1964 · Produced in Japan · Original title 白い朝
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Ninjin Club
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Original title
白い朝
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Japanese
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Japanese
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Italy · August 31, 1964
Premiere · Source: IMDB (Venice)
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