Gate of Youth
青春の門
Release: 1981-01-15
·Runtime: 140m
·★ 7.3
Drama
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.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
Toei Company
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Cast
Kaoru Sugita
as Orie Maki
Saburo Tokito
as Haruo
Tomisaburō Wakayama
as Ryugoro Hanawa
Kazuo Katō
as Owner
Bunta Sugawara
as Shigezo Ibuki
Aoi Nakajima
as Kimiyo Hirai
Junichi Ishida
as Hirano
Ryūnosuke Kaneda
as Hanezawa
Keiko Matsuzaka
as Tae Ibuki
Sakae Umezu
Manabu Morita
Tsunehiko Watase
as Kanayama
Michimaro Otabe
Masaharu Arikawa
Mizuho Suzuki
as Narrator (voice)
Takeshi Ōbayashi
Koji Tsuruta
as Yabetora
Koichi Sato
as Shisuke Ibuki
Keijirō Shiga
Masataka Iwao
Nenji Kobayashi
as Chota
Kantarō Suga
as Ichimura
Moeko Ezawa
