is a Japanese

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directed by

Yasujirō Ozu was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He began his career during the era of silent films, and his last films were made in colour in the early 1960s. Ozu first made a number of short comedies, before turning to more serious themes in t ...

. It is the oldest known surviving film by the director. The film tells of two friends from a university (played by Ichirō Yūki and

Tatsuo Saitō was a Japanese film actor and director. He appeared in more than two hundred films between 1925 and 1967. Career Saitō joined Nikkatsu studios, where he made his film debut in 1925, before moving to Shochiku two years later. He appeared in many ...

) who vie for the attention of the same girl ( Junko Matsui) during a skiing trip.

Cast

* Ichirō Yūki as Bin Watanabe (a student) *

as Shūichi Yamamoto (a student) * Junko Matsui as Chieko * Chōko Iida as Chieko's mother *

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as Landlady * Shōichi Kofujita as Shōji (her son) * Ichirō Ōkuni as Professor Anayama *

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as Professor * Shin'ichi Himori as Hatamoto (a student) * Fusao Yamada as Kobayashi (a student) *

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as Student

References

External links

*
''Days of Youth'' at Ozu-san.com
1929 films Films directed by Yasujirō Ozu Japanese silent films Shochiku films Japanese black-and-white films Films with screenplays by Yasujirō Ozu Japanese comedy films 1929 comedy films {{1920s-comedy-film-stub