Year: 1960
Runtime: 88 mins
Language: Japanese
Director: Yoshishige Yoshida
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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