Gate of Youth
1981The 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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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
Kikuo Kaneuchi
Masataka Iwao
Kazuo Kato
as Owner
Shinji Kanai
Yoshiro Ichikawa
Saburo Tokito
as Haruo
Kōji Hio
Manabu Morita
Keijirō Shiga
Tsunehiko Watase
as Kanayama
Michimaro Otabe
Masaharu Arikawa
Sen Okaji
Isao Takanami
Satoru Nabe
Katsutoshi Akiyama
Masako Araki
Moeko Ezawa
Ryūnosuke Kaneda
as Hanezawa
Mizuho Suzuki
as Narrator (voice)
Koji Tsuruta
as Yabetora
Tomisaburō Wakayama
as Ryugoro Hanawa