Adolescence Part I

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Adolescence Part I  (思春期,   *Shishunki*?, Lit. Puberty) is a 1952 Japanese drama film Directed by Seiji Maruyama. The film was released to Japanese theaters on August 28, 1952.

## Plot

A small city surrounded by mountains, the sea and the plains. The town's high school was near the entertainment district Subaru, and the noise coming in through the windows of the classroom hindered students' studies. Dr. Harada often explained in PTA that the environment had an adverse effect on children, but it was difficult to hear it, and on the contrary, even a special eating and drinking area was likely to appear. Akira Kubo, the class president, has been a good friend since childhood with Kyoko, the daughter of Nobuyuki Nakazato, a school doctor who has a clinic in the town. Kyoko's friend Mayumi began to indulge in pink games with Haruo, the son of Yasuzou Nomura, the face of the entertainment district. Haruo slandered Mitsue's mother, Mitsue, who had to take care of a pachinko parlor at the recommendation of Anzo, as if Mitsue was being taken care of by him. As a result, Akira felt gloomy and was threatened by Haruo and his bad friends and took out the money from the store. In the midst of the turmoil, Mayumi was sent to Nakazato Clinic for an ectopic pregnancy, revealing the confused ecology of adolescents. Anzo, who had taken the lead in establishing a new special drinking district, was also remorseful for his son's mischief, and students also participated in the town cleaning campaign claimed by Professor Harada. After being discharged from the hospital, the classmates warmly sent off Mayumi, who was alone to a relative in Shinshu, to the station.

## Cast

* Dr. Harada: Rentaro Mikuni
* Akira Kubo: Yasunori Yamauchi (currently Akira Kubo )
* Haruo Nomura: Tatsuyoshi Ehara
* Kunio Mizutani: Wataru Omae
* Mayumi Nishida: Mariko Okada
* Kyoko Nakazato: Midori Nakanishi (currently Kyoko Aoyama )
* Mitsue Kubo: Fukuko Sayo
* Yasuzou Nomura: Takamaru Sasaki
* Kimi Nomura: Teruko Mita
* Nobuyuki Nakazato: Masao Shimizu
* Yasuko Nakazato: Yuriko Hanabusa[1]
* Hikoichi Nishida: Fuyuki Murakami
* Natsu Nishida: Sadako Sawamura

## Staff

* Director: Seiji Maruyama
* Production: Tomoyuki Tanaka
* Screenplay: Goro Tanada , Seiji Maruyama
* Music: Masao Ohki
* Photo: Kazuo Yamasaki
* Art: Tatsuo Kita
* Recording: Ariake Hosaka
* Lighting: Kuichiro Kishida

## Titles

* Adolescence Part I (Worldwide release title)
* Adolescence (Original Japanese poster title)
* Puberty (Original Japanese release title)

## Overview

Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka of "Sword for Hire". The script is co-written by Goro Tanada of "Line Crossing Ceremony" and Seiji Maruyama of "Son's Bride" and directed by Seiji Maruyama. The photo was taken by Kazuo Yamasaki from "Ukigumo Nikki". The main performers are Rentaro Mikuni of "Sword for Hire", Mariko Okada and Fukuko Sayo of "Golden Egg", Takamaru Sasaki, Masao Shimizu, Yuriko Hanabusa, Fuyuki Murakami, Sadako Sawamura and so on. In addition, students such as Yasunori Yamauchi, Tatsuji Koto, Wataru Omae, and Midori Nakanishi are appearing.

## Sequel

* Adolescence Part II-Directed by Ishirō Honda.