The Tempters: Smile After Tears

The Tempters: Smile After Tears

81 mins | Comedy, Music | March 29, 1969

Layabout teen Shoken is dissatisfied with his nagging single mother and bullies at school. He and his friends decide to form a cool rock band, but when Shoken learns that his mother is actually his aunt and his parents died, he becomes very agitated and runs away from home.

The Tempters: Smile After Tears

81 mins | Comedy, Music | March 29, 1969

The Tempters: Smile After Tears
Layabout teen Shoken is dissatisfied with his nagging single mother and bullies at school. He and his friends decide to form a cool rock band, but when Shoken learns that his mother is actually his aunt and his parents died, he becomes very agitated and runs away from home.
Producers Tokyo Eiga Co., Ltd.
Original title Za temputazu
Directors Seiichirô Uchikawa
Writers Ichirô Ikeda

Cast

Kenichi Hagiwara

as Kenichi Yamakawa (Shôken)

Yuji Matsuzaki

as Yuji Hara (Yotchin)

Noboru Takahisa

as Noboru

Michiyo Aratama

as Hisako