Return of the Champ (1981)
A not-so-young "Young Guy" (Kayama) returns in this reunion feature, which takes Yuichi and Ishiyama to New York, where the former runs in the New York Marathon and romances TV producer Minagawa. A delightful throwback to Toho's '60s style filmmaking.
Director:
Tsugunobu Kotani
Writer:
Yasuo Tanami
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Yūzō Kayama as Yūichi Tannuma |
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Kunie Tanaka as Shinjiro Ishiyama |
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Ryoko Sakaguchi as Junko Minagawa |
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Agnes Lam See-Chung as Flora |
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Kirin Kiki as Tomoe |
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Natsuko Kahara as Mari O'Hara |
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Toshihiko Yamamoto as Kuwata (Photographer) |
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Tatsuyoshi Ehara as Toshio Eguchi |
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Hisako Manda as Urara |
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Machiko Naka as Teruko Eguchi |
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Makoto Matsuzaki as Uematsu (Driver of Ishiyama) |
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Yū Fujiki as Okuyama |
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北川欽三 as Postal Clerk (Post) |
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Ren Yamamoto as |
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Taizo Sayama as Seō (Captain of Kyōnan Track and Field Team) |
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Megumi Sono as |
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Osami Nabe as Central Post Office Staff |
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Jun Tazaki as Shinki Ishiyama |
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Ichirō Arishima as Kutarō Tannuma |
| Directing | Tsugunobu Kotani | Director |
| Writing | Yasuo Tanami | Screenplay |
| Sound | 弾厚作 | Music |
| Sound | Ken'ichirō Morioka | Music |
| Lighting | Hideki Mochizuki | Gaffer |
| Art | Kazuo Satsuya | Art Direction |
| Sound | Nobuyuki Tanaka | Sound Recordist |
| Editing | Michiko Ikeda | Editor |
| Camera | Shoji Ueda | Director of Photography |
