Film
Gate of Youth
1981 · 2h 20m · Drama
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Overview
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
Shigezo Ibuki
Keiko Matsuzaka
Tae Ibuki
Koichi Sato
Shisuke Ibuki
Kaoru Sugita
Orie Maki
Hitomi Kageyama
Nenji Kobayashi
Chota
Taiko Shinbashi
Masae Maki
Aoi Nakajima
Kimiyo Hirai
Junichi Ishida
Hirano
Takeshi Ōbayashi
Sakae Umezu
Kantarō Suga
Ichimura
Kikuo Kaneuchi
Masataka Iwao
Kazuo Katō
Owner
Shinji Kanai
Crew
- Koreyoshi KuraharaDirector
- Kinji FukasakuDirector
- Tatsuo NogamiWriter
- Hiroyuki ItsukiNovel
- Tôru NakajimaDirector of Photography
- Hanjirō NakazawaDirector of Photography
- Hako YamasakiOriginal Music Composer
- Akira SuzukiEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- January 15, 1981
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 2h 20m
- Genres
- Drama
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