The Bride is Fifteen
25/03/1964
1h 19m



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Hanayome wa Jūgo-sai, directed by Mio Ezaki and distributed by Nikkatsu, stars Masako Izumi and Ken Yamauchi. The high-key pink background and casual photographic portrait embody Nikkatsu’s 1960s youth-film aesthetic. Clean, hopeful, and pop-oriented. The large white title, handwritten for a softer impression, injects playful energy that contrasts with the strict vertical text blocks. As Japan’s youth culture blossomed after the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, posters like this captured the spirit of romance and rebellion marketed to teenage audiences. The vivid color palette and carefree composition signal a stylistic shift from postwar black-and-white melodrama to the vibrant optimism of modern Technicolor cinema.
Cast


Ken Yamauchi


Masako Izumi


Eijirō Tōno


Tomoko Naraoka


Toshio Takahara


Kazuko Yoshiyuki


Masami Shimojō


Eimei Esumi


Toshio Sugiyama


Minako Katsuki


Kotoe Hatsui


Nobuo Kawakami
Ikunosuke Koizumi
Keisuke Yukioka
Masahiro Kinoshita


Tomio Aoki


Mizuho Suzuki


Ichiro Kijima
Hiroshi Ichimura
Yasuhiro Kameyama
Tokuhei Miyahara
Jōji Ehara
Takashi Nomura


Shirō Yanase


Mieko Nishio


Yōko Yamamoto


Fumiko Arita
Fusako Tsujino
Hiromi Katô
恩田恵子
Shizuko Yoshida


Chigusa Takayama
Masaaki Honme
Toshizō Kudō
Yasuo Itoga
Shingo Ishioka
Tadao Kojima
Tatsuya Hamaguchi


Katsumi Ishizaki
Shinzō Shibata
Kokan Katsura
Jirô Horisaki
Kiyoaki Takekawa
荒川久美子
Yoji Yamaguchi
Sanpei Mine
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