Gate of Youth

Gate of Youth by Kinji Fukasaku

6.00

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.

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Cast

Bunta Sugawara

Bunta Sugawara as Shigezo Ibuki

Keiko Matsuzaka

Keiko Matsuzaka as Tae Ibuki

Koichi Sato

Koichi Sato as Shisuke Ibuki

Kaoru Sugita

Kaoru Sugita as Orie Maki

Hitomi Kageyama

Hitomi Kageyama as

Nenji Kobayashi

Nenji Kobayashi as Chota

Taiko Shinbashi

Taiko Shinbashi as Masae Maki

Aoi Nakajima

Aoi Nakajima as Kimiyo Hirai

Junichi Ishida

Junichi Ishida as Hirano

Takeshi Ōbayashi

Takeshi Ōbayashi as

Sakae Umezu

Sakae Umezu as

Kantarō Suga

Kantarō Suga as Ichimura

Kikuo Kaneuchi

Kikuo Kaneuchi as

Masataka Iwao

Masataka Iwao as

Kazuo Kato

Kazuo Kato as Owner

Shinji Kanai

Shinji Kanai as

Yoshiro Ichikawa

Yoshiro Ichikawa as

Saburo Tokito

Saburo Tokito as Haruo

Kōji Hio

Kōji Hio as

Manabu Morita

Manabu Morita as

Keijirō Shiga

Keijirō Shiga as

Tsunehiko Watase

Tsunehiko Watase as Kanayama

Michimaro Otabe

Michimaro Otabe as

Masaharu Arikawa

Masaharu Arikawa as

Sen Okaji

Sen Okaji as

Isao Takanami

Isao Takanami as

Satoru Nabe

Satoru Nabe as

Katsutoshi Akiyama

Katsutoshi Akiyama as

Masako Araki

Masako Araki as

Moeko Ezawa

Moeko Ezawa as

Ryūnosuke Kaneda

Ryūnosuke Kaneda as Hanezawa

Mizuho Suzuki

Mizuho Suzuki as Narrator (voice)

Koji Tsuruta

Koji Tsuruta as Yabetora

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Tomisaburō Wakayama as Ryugoro Hanawa

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