Storyline
After ten years of study in the US, Nonomura Kensuke returns to Japan to be an English teacher at a local high school. Kensuke's nontraditional teaching style stirs up the school, but the students gradually accept him.
Cast & Crew
Yūjirō Ishihara
Kensuke Nonomura
Lead
Yukiyo Toake
Keiko Sugiura
Hiroyuki Ôta
Yasuo Takamatsu
Mieko Nishio
Ikuko Higuchi
Fujio Suga
Katsumata, vice-principal
Kokinji Katsura
Terada's father
Shōki Fukae
Kanedaka
Torahiko Hamada
Takamatsu's father
What People Are Saying
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“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Toshio Masuda's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Why Are We Young? is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
