Beyond the Green Hills

Beyond the Green Hills

96 mins | Drama, Romance | Jan. 3, 1963

Shinko Terasawa was always considered to be the odd ball of the bunch. At a time when romance was against school regulations, Shinko was the first to take a bite out of the forbidden fruit. Expelled from her former school, she finds herself in an all-girls school in Jokamachi, where rumors fly. One day, Shinko delivers an anonymous love letter addressed to her English teacher, Ms. Shimazaki. Convinced that the students are playing a prank, Ms. Shimazaki is adamant about getting to the bottom of this "problem”.

Beyond the Green Hills

96 mins | Drama, Romance | Jan. 3, 1963

Beyond the Green Hills
Shinko Terasawa was always considered to be the odd ball of the bunch. At a time when romance was against school regulations, Shinko was the first to take a bite out of the forbidden fruit. Expelled from her former school, she finds herself in an all-girls school in Jokamachi, where rumors fly. One day, Shinko delivers an anonymous love letter addressed to her English teacher, Ms. Shimazaki. Convinced that the students are playing a prank, Ms. Shimazaki is adamant about getting to the bottom of this "problem”.
Producers Nikkatsu Corporation
Original title 青い山脈
Directors Katsumi Nishikawa, Shinichi Shiratori
Writers Katsumi Nishikawa, Yôjirô Ishizaka, Toshirō Ide

Cast

Sayuri Yoshinaga

as Shinko Terazawa

Mitsuo Hamada

as Rokusuke Kaneya

Midori Tashiro

as Kazuko Sasai

Hideki Takahashi

as Yasukichi Tominaga

Arihiro Fujimura

as Tanaka, Teacher

Tanie Kitabayashi

as Shiraki, Teacher

Tsutomu Shimomoto

as Principal

Kayo Matsuo

as Komako

Izumi Ashikawa

as Yukiko Shimazaki

Yôko Minamida

as Umetaro

Hideaki Nitani

as Tamao Numata