Gate of Youth
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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.
Top cast
Bunta Sugawara
Shigezo Ibuki
Keiko Matsuzaka
Tae Ibuki
Koichi Sato
Shisuke Ibuki
Kaoru Sugita
Orie Maki
H
Hitomi Kageyama
Nenji Kobayashi
Chota
T
Taiko Shinbashi
Masae Maki
Aoi Nakajima
Kimiyo Hirai
Junichi Ishida
Hirano
Takeshi Ōbayashi
Sakae Umezu
Kantarō Suga
Ichimura
K
Kikuo Kaneuchi
Masataka Iwao
Kazuo Katō
Owner
S
Shinji Kanai
Y
Yoshiro Ichikawa
Saburo Tokito
Haruo