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No Regrets for Our Youth
No Regrets for Our Youth
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NO REGRETS FOR OUR YOUTH

わが青春に悔なし | Waga seishun ni kuinashi

Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Japan, 1946
Drama

Synopsis

Yukie is a young woman living in 1930s Japan, unaware of the political changes occurring around her. She is shocked into reality when her father, a professor, has to resign for preaching anti-fascist views. More aware of the world around her, Yukie falls in love with one of her dad’s students.

Synopsis

Yukie is a young woman living in 1930s Japan, unaware of the political changes occurring around her. She is shocked into reality when her father, a professor, has to resign for preaching anti-fascist views. More aware of the world around her, Yukie falls in love with one of her dad’s students.

Our take

An early film from Kurosawa, the political drama No Regrets For Our Youth is anchored by its luminous lead Setsuko Hara—who in subsequent years become better known—and beloved the world over—for her regular collaborations with Yasujiro Ozu. Based on the 1933 Kyoto University Takagawa protests.