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Release Year1965
Runtime1h 39m
LanguageJapanese
CertificationNR
GenresDrama
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DirectorTakashi Nomura
WritersTsutomu Tamura
TypeFeature Film
Rating0.0 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsThe Start of Life
About The Start of Life
A young girl in an industrial town is saving her money to enter college. But her drunken father loses his job, her mother cannot make ends meet, and then the boy she likes loses everything when his factory fails. She takes all her savings out of the bank and offers them to him to make a new start. He refuses at first but eventually agrees and so she goes back to school to tell her teacher that she has decided not to continue college, that she is young and strong, and can make her own way in life.
Directed by Takashi Nomura, The Start of Life leans on a strong ensemble — Sayuri Yoshinaga, Mitsuo Hamada, Yumiko Nogawa — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about drama titles of 1965.
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