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No Regrets for Our Youth

1946 · 111 min

A slow, deeply felt journey through love and political awakening, weighed down by history yet finally lifting with quiet, hard-won dignity.

Overview
After her anti-fascist professor father is dismissed, Yukie navigates love, political repression, and wartime upheaval—ultimately forging her own path in pre- and post-WWII Japan.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • politics
  • justice
  • love
  • betrayal
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
  • school
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance5
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Akira Kurosawa
Written by
Eijiro Hisaita, Akira Kurosawa, Keiji Matsuzaki
Starring
Setsuko Hara, Susumu Fujita, Denjirō Ōkōchi, Haruko Sugimura, Eiko Miyoshi, Akitake Kōno, Kokuten Kōdō, Takashi Shimura
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
111 min
Country
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Languages
Japanese

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