Gate of Youth (1981)
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.
Directors: Koreyoshi Kurahara, Kinji Fukasaku.
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Bunta Sugawara as Shigezo Ibuki |
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Keiko Matsuzaka as Tae Ibuki |
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Koichi Sato as Shisuke Ibuki |
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Kaoru Sugita as Orie Maki |
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Hitomi Kageyama as |
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Nenji Kobayashi as Chota |
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Taiko Shinbashi as Masae Maki |
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Aoi Nakajima as Kimiyo Hirai |
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Junichi Ishida as Hirano |
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Takeshi Ōbayashi as |
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Sakae Umezu as |
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Kantarō Suga as Ichimura |
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Kikuo Kaneuchi as |
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Masataka Iwao as |
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Kazuo Katō as Owner |
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Shinji Kanai as |
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Yoshiro Ichikawa as |
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Saburo Tokito as Haruo |
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Takashi Hio as |
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Manabu Morita as |
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Keijirō Shiga as |
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Tsunehiko Watase as Kanayama |
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Michimaro Otabe as |
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Masaharu Arikawa as |
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Sen Okaji as |
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Isao Takanami as |
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Satoru Nabe as |
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Katsutoshi Akiyama as |
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Masako Araki as |
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Moeko Ezawa as |
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Ryūnosuke Kaneda as Hanezawa |
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Mizuho Suzuki as Narrator (voice) |
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Koji Tsuruta as Yabetora |
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Tomisaburō Wakayama as Ryugoro Hanawa |
| Editing | Akira Suzuki | Editor |
| Directing | Koreyoshi Kurahara | Director |
| Directing | Kinji Fukasaku | Director |
| Writing | Tatsuo Nogami | Writer |
| Sound | Hako Yamasaki | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Tôru Nakajima | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Hanjirō Nakazawa | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Hiroyuki Itsuki | Novel |
