The Frivolous Age

[Machine Translation] This is a coming-of-age romance in which Sayuri Yoshinaga plays a mischievous nanny who graduated from junior college. In addition to Mitsuo Hamada, Chieko Matsubara, Toshio Sugiyama, Yukihiro Fujimura, and Mari Yoshimura, Tomoko Hamakawa, who makes her debut as a leading actress in this film, gives a brilliant performance. --In the film, Sakurako (Sayuri Yoshinaga), Hisako Aoyagi (Chieko Hamakawa), and Nakako Komai (Chieko Matsubara) were classmates at a junior college in Osaka, and were very good friends. When Sakurako, who is a bit of a chatterbox, announces that she is going to be a nanny, even they are taken aback, especially Hisako's brother Keita ( Mitsuo Hamada ), who has a secret crush on her, who is adamantly opposed. However, Sakurako's determination is firm, and she attends a vocational training school for domestic service and eventually becomes a nanny for Shusuke Nabana ( Yukihiro Fujimura ), a TV writer who lives in an upscale residential area. Sakurako was happy in her cheerful, free and cultured family, and Naniwa liked her very much, and she enjoyed her days. Nakako suggested that Sakurako marry Keita, but she was not so keen on marrying Keita, who was a single-minded and pleasant young man but had a low income. One day, Naniwa's wife Yukari ( Mari Yoshimura ) decided to go to Tokyo to shoot a movie, and Sakurako went with her as a valet. Hisako hears from Hisako that Keita and Nakako are getting closer, and Sakurako heads for Tokyo with a strong but unperturbed heart... Picture disc specification.

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吉永小百合が短大卒のちゃっかり者のお手伝いさんを演じた青春ロマン作品。浜田光夫、松原智恵子、杉山俊夫、藤村有弘、芳村真理のほか本作が主演デビュー作となる浜川智子の名演が光る。――大阪の短大でクラスメイトだった南原桜子 (吉永小百合)、青柳久子 (浜川智子)、駒井中子 (松原智恵子)は大の仲良しだった。チャッカリ屋の桜子がお手伝いさんになると言い出すと、さすがの二人も目をみはり、特にひそかに想いを寄せる久子の兄・圭太 (浜田光夫)は断固反対した。しかし桜子の決意は固く、家事サービス職業訓練所に通い、やがて高級住宅地に住むテレビ作家の波花秀介 (藤村有弘)のお手伝いさんになる。明朗で自由な文化的家庭であり、浪花にも好かれた桜子は、楽しい毎日を送っていた。そんな桜子に中子は圭太との結婚を勧めたが、一途で愉快な青年ながらも収入が低い圭太との結婚はあまり乗り気ではなかった。ある日、浪花の妻ユカリ (芳村真理)が映画の撮影で上京することになり、付き人として桜子も付いていくことに。そんな時、圭太と中子の仲が接近していると久子から聞き、桜子は強がりながらも心中おだやかならぬまま東京へと向かう・・・。ピクチャーディスク仕様。