Dancing Girls of Izu

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A dancer girl in a touring company met a high school boy in a port town. The story is about their first love that is very touching and sorrowful. An adaptation of the Kawabata Yasunari short story.

Released: Mar 31, 1954

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Hibari Misora

Akira Ishihama

Azusa Yumi

Akihiko Katayama

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