So Young, So Bright (1955)

Original title

ジャンケン娘

Directed by

Jun Fukuda, Toshio Sugie

Genre

musical film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 32m

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three young women who are best friends navigate their romances and adventures. The film is a musical comedy from 1950s Japan.

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What happens

So Young, So Bright (ジャンケン娘, Janken musume) (literally, "Rock, Paper and Scissors Girls") is a 1955 color (Eastmancolor) Japanese musical film, directed by Toshio Sugie. This is the first of the so-called "three girl" (sannin musume) series of films produced by Tōhō Studio, which involved teaming three popular young female stars of the period, employing a plot that portrayed their characters as best friends and recounted their romances and other adventures. This film was Toho's highest-grossing film of 1955. Production design was made by Shinobu Muraki and the sound recordist was Masanobu Miyazaki. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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