Keep Your Chin Up (1962)

Keep Your Chin Up (1962)

1962-03-04 Japan 92 Min. PG-13
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Overview

Kawanishi Kyu and Tomoda Ryoji, two waifs, are inmates of a Reform School. One night, the boys succeed in a mass escape and split up. Kyu and Ryoji hear the sirens shrieking behind them and panic. Kyu pretends he has been hit by a small truck and Ryoji demands that they be taken to a hospital, little dreaming that Nagai, the driver, is the official guardian of juveniles. The next morning the two boys hear a light knock, and Nagai's daughter, Noriko enters, but surprise is changed to fear as they see her father approaching with Kume, the Juvenile Officer. Their one thought is escape but Kyu discovers his leg is stiff and it pains him to move. In the excitement, he had not realized he had really been hit by the truck. He sends Ryoji away while he waits alone for Officer Kume. Nagai takes Kyu under his wing, while Ryoji finds himself again in the hard-boiled world.

Cast

坂本九 is Kyô Kawanishi
Kyô Kawanishi
浜田光夫 is Ryôji Tomoda
Ryôji Tomoda
吉永小百合 is Noriko Nagai
Noriko Nagai
Tomoko Watanabe is Mitsuko Nagai
Mitsuko Nagai
平田大三郎 is Wakabayashi
Wakabayashi
清水将夫 is Shôichirô
Shôichirô
梅野泰靖 is Jessie Maki
Jessie Maki
芦田伸介 is Tokuzô Nagai
Tokuzô Nagai
高橋英樹 is Takeshi Matsumoto
Takeshi Matsumoto