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Keep Your Chin Up (1962)

★ 8.0/10 92 min Drama Japan Japanese
Director: Toshio Masuda
Screenplay by: Nobuo Yamada
Streaming: Not available

Description

Kawanishi Kyu and Tomoda Ryoji, two waifs, are inmates of a Reform School. One night, the boys succeed in a mass escape and split up. Kyu and Ryoji hear the sirens shrieking behind them and panic. Kyu pretends he has been hit by a small truck and Ryoji demands that they be taken to a hospital, little dreaming that Nagai, the driver, is the official guardian of juveniles. The next morning the two boys hear a light knock, and Nagai's daughter, Noriko enters, but surprise is changed to fear as they see her father approaching with Kume, the Juvenile Officer. Their one thought is escape but Kyu discovers his leg is stiff and it pains him to move. In the excitement, he had not realized he had really been hit by the truck. He sends Ryoji away while he waits alone for Officer Kume. Nagai takes Kyu under his wing, while Ryoji finds himself again in the hard-boiled world.

Top Cast

Kyū Sakamoto
Kyū Sakamoto Kyô Kawanishi
Mitsuo Hamada
Mitsuo Hamada Ryôji Tomoda
Sayuri Yoshinaga
Sayuri Yoshinaga Noriko Nagai
Tomoko Watanabe Mitsuko Nagai
Daizaburo Hirata
Daizaburo Hirata Wakabayashi
Masao Shimizu
Masao Shimizu Shôichirô
Yasukiyo Umeno
Yasukiyo Umeno Jessie Maki
Shinsuke Ashida
Shinsuke Ashida Tokuzô Nagai

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