

Why Are We Young? 1965
Overview
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.
Director: Toshio Masuda
Cast

Yūjirō Ishihara
Kensuke Nonomura

Yukiyo Toake
Keiko Sugiura

Hiroyuki Ôta
Yasuo Takamatsu

Mieko Nishio
Ikuko Higuchi

Fujio Suga
Katsumata, vice-principal

Kokinji Katsura
Terada's father

Shōki Fukae
Kanedaka

Torahiko Hamada
Takamatsu's father

Kaku Takashina
Uegen

Kichijirō Ueda
Yamayoshi, postmaster




