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Gate of Youth
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
- Nenji Kobayashi as Chota
- Taiko Shinbashi as Masae Maki
- Aoi Nakajima as Kimiyo Hirai
- Junichi Ishida as Hirano
- Takeshi Ōbayashi
- Sakae Umezu
- Kantarō Suga as Ichimura
Details
- Director
- Koreyoshi Kurahara and Kinji Fukasaku
- Released
- January 15, 1981
- Runtime
- 2h 20m
- Genres
- Drama
- Studio
- Toei Company
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 7.2 / 10 from 4 votes
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