Gate of Youth

Gate of Youth

Movie 1981-01-15 2h 20m Drama
★ 7.2 / 10 · 4 votes

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.

Status
Released
Studio
Toei Company
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
Directors
Kinji Fukasaku Koreyoshi Kurahara
Cast
Bunta Sugawara Bunta Sugawara Shigezo Ibuki Keiko Matsuzaka Keiko Matsuzaka Tae Ibuki Koichi Sato Koichi Sato Shisuke Ibuki Kaoru Sugita Kaoru Sugita Orie Maki
Hitomi Kageyama Hitomi Kageyama
Nenji Kobayashi Nenji Kobayashi Chota
Taiko Shinbashi Taiko Shinbashi Masae Maki
Aoi Nakajima Aoi Nakajima Kimiyo Hirai Junichi Ishida Junichi Ishida Hirano Takeshi Ōbayashi Takeshi Ōbayashi Sakae Umezu Sakae Umezu Kantarō Suga Kantarō Suga Ichimura
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