The Tempters: Smile After Tears (1969)

Music
Comedy
Drama

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 a tragic discovery about his family weighs on Shoken heavily.

Cast

Kenichi Yamakawa (Shôken)
Kenichi Hagiwara
Yuji Hara (Yotchin)
Y Yuji Matsuzaki
Akira Ōizumi
Masaaki Sakai
Noboru
N Noboru Takahisa
Hisako
Michiyo Aratama
H Hiroshi Ohguchi
M Mika Hijiri
Hisano Yamaoka
Fujio Suga
Akira Nagoya
Michino Yokoyama

Crew

Writer
Ichirō Ikeda
Producer
I Ichirô Satô
Producer
H Hideyuki Shiino
Cinematography
T Tokuzo Kuroda
Editor
C Chikage Hirose
Production Design
M Motoji Kojima
Sound Mixer
A Akira Nishio
Sound Recordist
N Noboru Yoshioka
Director
S Seiichirô Uchikawa
Music
Sei Ikeno