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Gate of Youth

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Calorie Rating: 197
Released: 1981-01-15
Running Time: 140 Minutes
Studios: Toei Company,


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
Character: Shigezo Ibuki
Keiko Matsuzaka
Character: Tae Ibuki
Koichi Sato
Character: Shisuke Ibuki

Kaoru Sugita
Character: Orie Maki
Nenji Kobayashi
Character: Chota

Taiko Shinbashi
Character: Masae Maki
Aoi Nakajima
Character: Kimiyo Hirai
Junichi Ishida
Character: Hirano

Kantarō Suga
Character: Ichimura

Kazuo Kato
Character: Owner

Saburo Tokito
Character: Haruo


Tsunehiko Watase
Character: Kanayama



Ryūnosuke Kaneda
Character: Hanezawa
Mizuho Suzuki
Character: Narrator (voice)
Koji Tsuruta
Character: Yabetora

Tomisaburō Wakayama
Character: Ryugoro Hanawa


Production and Crew

Hako Yamazaki
Original Music Composer

Tôru Nakajima
Director of Photography
Hanjirō Nakazawa
Director of Photography