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Young Tree (1956)

Young Tree poster
Original title
若い樹
Directed by
Ishirō Honda
Genre
teen film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young girl moves to Tokyo and starts at a new high school. She faces rivalries with classmates from different cultural and economic backgrounds.

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What happens

Wakai ki (若い樹) (lit. 'A Young Tree') is a 1956 Japanese film directed by Ishirō Honda. Wakai ki is about a young girl who moves to Tokyo and endures the rivalries between other high school girls of varying cultural and economic backgrounds. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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