Gate of Youth
7.3 / 10
日本語 / 140 min. / 1981-01-15
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Storyline:
The story of Shinsuke, a young man who lives through a stormy life as a poverty-stricken coal miner. Ranging from Shinsuke's infanthood to his mid-teens. Coal workers and the mines dominate nearly every aspect of his life. Shinsuke's father a group leader at the mine, dies while bravely using dynamite to rescue a group of trapped Korean miners. Several older men attempt to help he and his mother cope, including a friendly Harley-riding yakuza boss. This movie has it all, drama, romance, sex, yakuza and violence! It is based on a story by Hiroyuki Itsuki that was originally serialized in the magazine Shukan Gendai in 1969-70.
Cast:
Bunta Sugawara
as Shigezo Ibuki
Keiko Matsuzaka
as Tae Ibuki
Koichi Sato
as Shisuke Ibuki
Kaoru Sugita
as Orie Maki
Hitomi Kageyama
as
Nenji Kobayashi
as Chota
Taiko Shinbashi
as Masae Maki
Aoi Nakajima
as Kimiyo Hirai
Junichi Ishida
as Hirano
Takeshi Ōbayashi
as
Sakae Umezu
as
Kantarō Suga
as Ichimura
Kikuo Kaneuchi
as
Masataka Iwao
as
Kazuo Katō
as Owner
Shinji Kanai
as
Yoshiro Ichikawa
as
Saburo Tokito
as Haruo
Kōji Hio
as
Manabu Morita
as
Keijirō Shiga
as
Tsunehiko Watase
as Kanayama
Michimaro Otabe
as
Masaharu Arikawa
as
Sen Okaji
as
Isao Takanami
as
Satoru Nabe
as
Katsutoshi Akiyama
as
Masako Araki
as
Moeko Ezawa
as
Ryūnosuke Kaneda
as Hanezawa
Mizuho Suzuki
as Narrator (voice)
Koji Tsuruta
as Yabetora
Tomisaburō Wakayama
as Ryugoro Hanawa