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Good-for-Nothing (1960) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1960 · 88 mins · Japanese
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- Directed by
- Yoshishige Yoshida
- Starring
- Kei Satô, Masao Mishima, Masahiko Tsugawa, Isao Sasaki, Yūsuke Kawazu, Fumio Watanabe
Set amid a languid soundtrack of jazz, the debut film by Yoshida tracks a group of disaffected students drifting through ennui. At its core is a poor drifter deemed a “good‑for‑nothing” who falls for the young secretary employed by his affluent friend’s father. Recognising his hidden worth, she gently steers him toward a better future.
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