Film

Forward, Young People!

1969 · 1h 37m · Drama · Fantasy

The second film tells about the life of matured brothers and sister Sato. Taro became a foreman. He saves every yen to fulfill his dream of building his own house with stone gates. Jiro continues to work in the transportation office, he dreams of getting married. Saburo faces a moral problem: in order to get a good position, he must answer the questions of the entrance test differently than his conscience tells him. At the exam, Saburo does not hide his views on life and is deprived of the promised position. Orie and Suekiti believe that he did wrong and betrayed his older brothers. But the anxiety in the Sato family is not limited to these events. Orie was being asked to marry a handsome, well-established young man, but she suddenly announced her decision to marry Tozaka, who was suffering from radiation sickness. Sato's peaceful home is falling apart...

Kunie Tanaka

Taro

Isao Hashimoto

Jiro

Kei Yamamoto

Saburo

Orie Satō

Orie

Seiji Matsuyama

Suekichi

Natsue Kimura

Michiko Otsuka

Toyoto Fukuda

Keiko Natsu

Tetsuo Ishidate

Seiya Nakano

Nobuo Tsukamoto

• Tokihisa MorikawaDirector
• Hisashi YamanouchiScreenplay
• Seiji MatsukiProducer
• Masayuki SatōProducer
• Yoshio MiyajimaDirector of Photography
• Masaru SatōOriginal Music Composer

Release date

May 10, 1969

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 37m

Genres

Drama, Fantasy