Triumphant Song of Youth

Swimmers Akio and Natsuko train hard for national competition while Natsuko struggles with family chaos — her father’s affair and her mother’s push for an arranged marriage. Pretending to date teammate Akio to escape pressure, Natsuko soon realizes her feelings are real.

• Nobuo AoyagiDirector
• Haruo UmedaScreenplay

• Akira TakaradaAkio Shimamura
• Naomi ShiraishiNatsuko (Kintarō’s daughter)
• Takeshi SakamotoGenkichi Ogawa
• Kingorō YanagiyaKintarō Tagawa
• Nijiko KiyokawaKiyoko (Kintarō’s wife)
• Yū FujikiCoach Saita
• Keiko MôriYoshiko Aida
• Michiyo TamakiEmiko (Cabaret waitress)
• Atsuko IchinomiyaGenkichi’s wife
• Ichiryusai TeihoIsohachi Yamamoto
• Yayoko KitanoFumiko Kawano
• Kiyomi MizunoyaMaid Matsu