Poster for The Bride is Fifteen

The Bride is Fifteen

1964 1 hour 19 minutes

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Hanayome wa Jūgo-sai, directed by Mio Ezaki and distributed by Nikkatsu, stars Masako Izumi and Ken Yamauchi. The high-key pink background and casual photographic portrait embody Nikkatsu’s 1960s youth-film aesthetic. Clean, hopeful, and pop-oriented. The large white title, handwritten for a softer impression, injects playful energy that contrasts with the strict vertical text blocks. As Japan’s youth culture blossomed after the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, posters like this captured the spirit of romance and rebellion marketed to teenage audiences. The vivid color palette and carefree composition signal a stylistic shift from postwar black-and-white melodrama to the vibrant optimism of modern Technicolor cinema.

Released

25th March 1964

62 years ago

Runtime

1 hour 19 minutes

Finishes at 3:04am

Directed by

Mio Ezaki

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Written by

Mio Ezaki, Eitaro Morikawa, Tsutomu Tamura

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