Gate of Youth
- Released on
- Runtime
- 140 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Bunta Sugawara
- Keiko Matsuzaka
- Koichi Sato
- Kaoru Sugita
- Hitomi Kageyama
- Nenji Kobayashi
- Taiko Shinbashi
- Aoi Nakajima
- Junichi Ishida
- Takeshi Ōbayashi
- Sakae Umezu
- Kantarō Suga
- Kikuo Kaneuchi
- Masataka Iwao
- Kazuo Katō
- Shinji Kanai
- Yoshiro Ichikawa
- Saburo Tokito
- Kōji Hio
- Manabu Morita
- Keijirō Shiga
- Tsunehiko Watase
- Michimaro Otabe
- Masaharu Arikawa
- Sen Okaji
- Isao Takanami
- Satoru Nabe
- Katsutoshi Akiyama
- Masako Araki
- Moeko Ezawa
- Ryūnosuke Kaneda
- Mizuho Suzuki
- Koji Tsuruta
- Tomisaburō Wakayama
Director
- Koreyoshi Kurahara
- Kinji Fukasaku
