Adolescence Part II

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Adolescence Part II (also known as Puberty Part II) is a 1953 toho drama film,directed by Inoshiro Honda.

## Plot

Summer in the Kofu basin. --- A group of seven high school students, including Keita and Reiko, who have a strong desire for knowledge, go around their homes in order and have a book club. When the turn came to Tamae's house, Baa "Sistaa", the opposition of the teachers and old parents arose, and the reading party was disbanded due to the mess. Losing ties, the group's hearts fell apart. Tamae was in favor of Keita, but Keita became friends with Reiko. They were so passionate that they went to the point where they went, but their anxiety and remorse were uncontrollable. Reiko, in particular, was confused and accidentally hit by a truck. Since this was published in the newspaper as an attempt to commit suicide by Momoiro Yugi, the parents of both parties who had a rush---Reiko's father, the prefectural council Mamiya and Keita's father, and Maekawa, the priest of the family, are keen on trying to keep up with the world before and after. And showed her engagement with Reiko. The world was satisfied with it, but the two of them couldn't bear the suffocation of the future. Keita was suffocated and thought of death, and headed for the mountain stream alone. Dr. Tanimura sensed that it was Reiko's order, and immediately traced back, returning Keta, who stood in the flow. The teacher's advice canceled their engagement, and Reiko transferred to her relatives and Keita moved to a high school in Tokyo. Clearing the mistakes of their youth, they were supposed to follow their bright, free paths.

## Cast

* Reiko Mamiya: Kyoko Aoyama
* Keita Maekawa: Akira Kubo
* Nobuyoshi Sakai: Tatsuyoshi Ehara
* Setsuko Mamiya: Yuko Togawa
* Shintaro Sakai : Sachio Sakai
* Zensuke Matsushita: Toyoaki Suzuki
* Rokuro Izumi: Ikichi Ishii
* Chiyoko Hori: Emiko Haino
* Tamae Konishi: Keiko Miya
* Yada: Miki Hayashi
* Mr. Kawasaki: Keiko Sawamura
* Professor Tanimura: Katsura Kobayashi
* Mistress of Oyumiba: Teruko Mita
* Ambassador: Toru Adachi
* Driver: Ren Yamamoto
* Head: Fuyuki Murakami
* Principal: Yo Shiomi
* Father of Zensuke Matsushita: Akira Sera
* Rokuro Izumi's mother: Sumiyo Tono
* Ume Sakai: Yuriko Hanabusa
* Shinsuke Sakai: Takeo Kawasaki
* Kayo Konishi: Chieko Nakakita
* Shigenori Maekawa: Hisao Toju
* Sawako Maekawa: Noriko Honma
* Kimi Mamiya: Sachiko Murase
* Mamiya Junzo: Eitaro Ozawa

## Staff

* Production: Tomoyuki Tanaka
* Screenplay: Toshiro Ide Haruo Umeda
* Music: Yasushi Akutagawa
* Photo: Tadashi Iimura
* Art: Tatsuo Kita
* Recording: Masanobu Miyazaki
* Lighting: Soichi Yokoi
* Assistant Director: Kengo Furusawa
* Director: Honda Inoshiro

## Titles

* Adolescence Part II (worldwide release title)
* adolescents (Japanese tile)
* Puberty (Original japanese title)

## Overview

Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka, the same as "Adolescent". Directed by Toshiro Ide from "About Love" and Haruo Umeda from the radio drama, directed by Inoshiro Honda from "The Man Who Came to the Port". Tadashi Iimura of "Mother and Daughter (1953)" and Yasushi Akutagawa of "Ginjiro's One Arm" are in charge of shooting and music. Keiko Aoyama from "Flying Sunday", Akira Kubo from "Angry Sanpei", and Tatsuyori Ehara from "Blue Revolution", etc. Keiko Miya, Emiko Haino, who was newly selected from among high school students, and "desire" Sakae Ozawa, Chieko Nakakita from "wife", and Keiki Kobayashi from "Daughters in the flowers" will appear.