Amidst the 1960 Japanese-American mutual security treaty, alienated young nihilist Takuya struggles to find his footing between his do-nothing wealth and the outer Western extremism as major student protests take place.
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Shinichirō Mikami
Takuya Shimojo
Shima Iwashita
Yoko Katsura
Kayoko Honoo
Setsuko Kitamura
Kazuya Kosaka
Seiichi Mizushima
Junichiro Yamashita
Michihiko Kihara
Yachiyo Ōtori
Shizue Katsura
Eiko Kujo
Miyoko Edamura
Shinji Takano
Shinichi Fujimori
Yuki Tominaga
Keiko Kuni
Takako Shinoyama
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Four old college friends in their forties come together in a time of trouble and despair. Old joy relives, but the harsh reality of their problems can't satisfy them and eventually endangers their friendships.
A mischievous, adventuresome fourteen-year-old girl and her best friend begin following an eccentric concert pianist around New York City after she develops a crush on him.
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A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.
A disturbed and institutionalized 16-year-old girl struggles between fantasy and reality.
College student Charlie Banks has to face old problems when the bully he had an unpleasant encounter with back in high school shows up on his campus.
A look at the lives of two teenage girls - inseparable friends Ginger and Rosa -- growing up in 1960s London as the Cuban Missile Crisis looms, and the pivotal event the comes to redefine their relationship.
After moving to a new town, troublemaking teen Jim Stark is supposed to have a clean slate, although being the new kid in town brings its own problems. While searching for some stability, Stark forms a bond with a disturbed classmate, Plato, and falls for local girl Judy. However, Judy is the girlfriend of neighborhood tough, Buzz. When Buzz violently confronts Jim and challenges him to a drag race, the new kid's real troubles begin.
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Years after her son's suicide, a woman longs to confront both the past and a friend of his who took his business idea.