is a Japanese

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directed by

Yasujirō Ozu was a Japanese filmmaker. 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 the 1930s. The most pr ...

. 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 man ...

) 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 *

Takeshi Sakamoto was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than 300 films between 1925 and 1965, mostly in productions of the Shōchiku studio. He gained popularity as a supporting character, working for directors such as Yasujirō Ozu, Keisuke Kinoshita, Mikio ...

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

Chishū Ryū was a Japanese actor who, in a career lasting 65 years, appeared in over 160 films and about 70 television productions. Early life Ryū was born in Tamamizu Village, Tamana, Kumamoto, Tamana County, a rural area of Kumamoto Prefecture in Kyushu ...

as Student

References

External links

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