Four Young Sisters

Four Young Sisters

1964 · 84 min · ★ 6.0 · Drama

Three girls come to Tokyo to stay with their elder sister. Actually they are running away from home because their father has married again to a very young woman. They have many romantic adventures and one finally decides against the boy she thought she loved because he, just like her father is always away from home. But directly after her marriage to another young man, her sister runs after the former boy-friend.

Directed by Kenjirō Morinaga · Written by Katsumi Miki

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