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No Regrets for Our Youth
JAPAN · 1946

No Regrets for Our Youth

Akira Kurosawa
political repression anti-fascism wartime Japan coming of age romantic conflict
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Synopsis

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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