Gate of Youth

Gate of Youth (1981)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1981-01-15
  • User Rating: 6/10 from 2 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 20min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Company: Toei Company
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Directors: Kinji Fukasaku, Koreyoshi Kurahara.
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Summary

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.

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  • 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 Kato

    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
Editing Akira Suzuki Editor
Directing Kinji Fukasaku Director
Directing Koreyoshi Kurahara Director
Writing Tatsuo Nogami Writer
Writing Hiroyuki Itsuki Novel
Sound Hako Yamazaki Original Music Composer
Camera Tôru Nakajima Director of Photography
Camera Hanjirō Nakazawa Director of Photography

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