Film
Ghost Story of Youth
Japan- Director
- Kon Ichikawa
- Year
- 1955
A melodrama of the ups and downs of youth, based on Bunroku Shishi’s popular novel. Chiharu, a ballerina, and Shinichi, a thorough rationalist and childhood friend. A woman named Tomi Funakoshi appears in front of the two, who are thinking of getting married someday.
Top cast
Izumi Ashikawa
Shinko Fujitani
Mie Kitahara
Chiharu Okumura
So Yamamura
Tetsuya, father of Chiharu
Tatsuya Mihashi
Shinichi Utsunomiya
Yukiko Todoroki
Choko, mother of Shinichi
Hisako Yamane
Tomi Funakoshi
Jūkichi Uno
Kogamata
Michiko Saga
Fudekoma
Koreya Senda
Takaya Okumura
Tanie Kitabayashi
Nanny at Okumura's
Osamu Takizawa
Akuzawa
Kō Mishima
Sue Mitobe
Ryoko Ashino
Directed by
Kon Ichikawa
Written by
Natto Wada
Produced by
Masayuki Takagi, Takeshi Yamamoto