Blue Buds (1956)
青い芽
Outspoken student Noriko stands up to bullies and befriends pitcher Mitsuo. As their bond deepens, she impulsively declares she wants to marry him—then reconsiders, realizing both still have growing to do before love can truly begin.
- Date of release
- 1956-05-03
- Runtime
- 35m
- Genres
- Romance, Drama
- Director
- Hideo Suzuki
Casting
- Izumi Yukimura — Noriko (student)
- Kamatari Fujiwara — Noriko’s father
- Yōko Tsukasa — Bride
- Nijiko Kiyokawa — Noriko’s mother
- Akira Takarada — Groom
- Eiko Miyoshi — Female teacher
- Shinji Yamada — Mitsuo Sawaki
- Kenji Sahara — Jirō Hayashi (Mitsuo’s friend)
- Wataru Ōmae — Kawashima (delinquent student)
- Yutaka Nakayama — Nida (delinquent student)
- Reiko Shimizu — Tokiko (Noriko’s friend)
- Akemi Ueno — Kazuko (Noriko’s friend)
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