Keep Your Chin Up

Keep Your Chin Up

1962
1h 32m
6.0

6.0/10

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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.

Status: Released

Language: JA

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Production Information

Production Companies
Nikkatsu Corporation
Production Countries
Japan
Spoken Languages
Japanese

Quick Facts

Original Title 上を向いて歩こう
Release Date March 4, 1962
Status Released
Language JA
IMDb ID tt0208529

Cast

Kyū Sakamoto
Kyū Sakamoto

Kyô Kawanishi

Mitsuo Hamada
Mitsuo Hamada

Ryôji Tomoda

Sayuri Yoshinaga
Sayuri Yoshinaga

Noriko Nagai

Tomoko Watanabe
Tomoko Watanabe

Mitsuko Nagai

Daizaburo Hirata
Daizaburo Hirata

Wakabayashi

Masao Shimizu
Masao Shimizu

Shôichirô

Yasukiyo Umeno
Yasukiyo Umeno

Jessie Maki

Shinsuke Ashida
Shinsuke Ashida

Tokuzô Nagai

Hideki Takahashi
Hideki Takahashi

Takeshi Matsumoto

Key Crew

Toshio Masuda
Director
Nobuo Yamada
Screenplay