After ten years of study in the US, Nonomura Kensuke returns to Japan to be an English teacher at a local high school. Kensuke's nontraditional teaching style stirs up the school, but the students gradually accept him.
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Yūjirō Ishihara
Kensuke Nonomura
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Ikuko Higuchi
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Yamayoshi, postmaster
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Zenji Yamada
Tomota
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Toshio Masuda Director · Nobuo Yamada Screenplay Shintarō Ishihara Story
First release July 14, 1965 · Produced in Japan · Original title 青春とはなんだ
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Nikkatsu Corporation
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Japan
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Original title
青春とはなんだ
Original language
Japanese
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Japanese
Release dates
Japan · July 14, 1965
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No release date listed for United States.
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